
(Oink oink.) Certainly one of the original Weird texts, I imagine the likes of Jeff Vandermeer (and wife Ann), China Mieville, and similar writers have something blood, monsters, and screams) in favor of something-there go the kettleĭrums again-more cosmically evil. Off as flat and cold, but in doing so forgoes making the story overt horror The character driving the experience comes The dark depths of the universe in phantasmagorical imagery. Nicely constructed novel that drags out something haunting and mysterious from Looking out his window one evening, time begins to shift from fast, to Though defending himself with a shotgun, his inter-dimensionalĮxperiences are only just beginning. Swine beasts trying to break into his house. An evil swine entity making its presence felt more than seen in theĮther surrounding the house, the narrator’s return home sees several of the His own, yet made of jade and much bigger. Seemingly swept out of the Earthly dimension, he arrives in a massiveįield, and in the center sits a house-a house that bears strong resemblance to

Narrator, living in the countryside with only his sister and dog, experiences

Tale the manuscript tells is one that requires that extra bit of narrative Through the interior they discover a manuscript, and over a meal begin reading Encountering a strange house at the edge of a small gorge, rifling Going to the countryside for a little sport. The House on the Borderland opens with two fishermen
