JAMES COOPER

THE BEAUTIFUL RED

A collection of short stories by JAMES COOPER

Published by ATOMIC FEZ PUBLISHING

[£11.⁹⁹/ $19.⁹⁹]

Publishing Date: April 2^ND, 2010

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Red…
The colour that surrounds us as we enter the world;
the colour that consumes us when we die.

Red…
The colour of life and everything in it.

Red…
The colour we produce when we scream…

The Beautiful Red
12 extraordinary tales of madness and dysfunction,
dissecting the red world, where only the echoes of our violence can be heard…

A brand new collection of twelve tales from James Cooper. His second collection comes complete with a foreword from the award-winning master of urban horror, Christopher Fowler.

"Certain tropes and themes emerge here, repeating and revolving in uncomfortable permutations; human simulacra, corrupted children, acts of creation, the bones beneath the skin, lives warped and poisoned, innocence lost, loneliness and the ever present sensation of impending death. Luckily, James manages to weave these elements into his plots in a way that entertains, otherwise he’d have his readers cutting their throats."

–Christopher Fowler

 

 COVER ART BY THE INCOMPARABLE DAVE GENTRY

 

Table of Contents

The Good Book

There’s Something Wrong with Pappy

 Eight Small Men

 The Family Face

 F001/01

 Because Your Blood Is Darker Than Mine

 We Are The Pigs

 Albion

 Learning To Live In A Pretty Little Town

 In Each Dark Body There Lies

 The Hack

 My Secret Children