Murmured Dreams in Bloomington, MN

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With Murmured in Dreams Stephen Bacon takes us everywhere. Science fiction, the supernatural, the mythic and the horrific collide with both a future Britain and that of the not-so-distant past, with the quiet breezes of a Greek island and with war-ravaged Rwanda and Chad.
Priya Sharma
Stephen Bacon has a keen instinct for the horror of the ordinary, his prose is considered, his voice distinct. But what also distinguishes his fiction is the ability to startle readers; to instigate the re-reading of sentences to make certain that something that disturbing was actually intended. Bacon prods with pins
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Adam Nevill
author of 'The Ritual' and 'Some Will Not Sleep'
Stephen Bacon is a born writer who cares deeply about
story
and the way it is delivered. This intoxicating collection - an object lesson in tension, subtlety and power - is littered with broken, beautiful characters operating within the uncertain margins of society and sanity. It is a book fully deserving of a wide audience.
Conrad Williams
author of 'One' and 'I Will Surround You'