The Whisperer in Dissonance
With a frightening sense of inevitability Ian Welke examines the drone mentality of modern life and the diminishing gap between our frenetic existence and sheer madness. Our obsessive devotion to minutiae prevents real understanding. Information is available everywhere yet we struggle to create meaning in the simplest interactions. And over all hovers a constant threat, that on any given day we may be one commute, one phone call, or one Google search away from complete collapse. The Whisperer in Dissonance is a stark, eerie portrait of the many ways in which we capitulate, even against our instinct for self-preservation. --S.P. Miskowski Shirley Jackson Award nominated author of The Skillute CycleInsomnia, alien infiltration, and a touch of old-school weirdness drives the plot of Ian Welke s The Whisperer in Dissonance, a short novel which takes the well-worn B-movie paranoia of They Live and Invasion of the Body Snatchers and gives it a fresh shine through deft characterization, a relatable modern setting, and high-tech creep-outs galore. Heard the voices on the television transmitting strange, buzzing messages lately? Read The Whisperer in Dissonance and understand... before they find you! --Ross E. Lockhart, editor of The Book of Cthulhu I and II and Tales of Jack the RipperIan Welke writes like Nick Cave makes music. Instantly personable and creepy, his rhythm gets under your skin, the melody gets stuck in your head, and the storytelling appeals to the more frightening underside of a previously undisturbed stone. --John Palisano Bram Stoker Award nominated author of Nerves