Blood Kin
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (907 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1781081972 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The multiple storylines—alternating points of view between the present day protagonist and his grandmother in the 1930s—are an excellent hook that adds appeal to this Southern gothic story. (Kirkus)
He is the author of over 350 published short stories and is a past winner of the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. Steve Rasnic Tem was born and raised in Lee County, Virginia, in the heart of Appalachia. In 2014 PS Publishing will bring out his standalone novella In t
2015 Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement: Novel Steve Rasnic Tem's new novel Blood Kin is set in the southern Appalachians of the U.S., alternating between the 1930s and the present day. In a field not far from the Gibson family home lies an iron-bound crate within a small shack buried four feet deep under Kudzu vine. It's a dark Southern Gothic vision of ghosts, witchcraft, secret powers, snake-handling, Kudzu, Melungeons, and the Great Depression.Steve Rasnic Tem's new novel Blood Kin is set in the southern Appalachians of the U.S., alternating between the 1930s and the present day. It's a dark Southern Gothic vision of ghosts, witchcraft, secret powers, snake-handling, Kudzu, Melungeons, and the Great Depression. Blood Kin is told from the dual points of view of Michael Gibson and of his grandmother Sadie. Michael has returned to the quiet Appalachian home of his forebears following a suicide attempt and now takes care of his grandmother-- old and sickly but with an important story to tell about growing up poor and Melungeon (a mixed race group of mysterious origin) while bedeviled by a snake-handling uncle and empathic powers she but barely understands. Michael somehow understands tha
"Creeps up out of the soil" according to M. Litton. Gotta admit the cover caught my eye, the bold color and perspective, like some old hunger creeping up out of the soil. Don't judge a book by its cover, they say, but here the story holds true, as does the language, gathering force and meaning as if hatched from Appalac. Generous, rich and powerful story telling hollowman The Gibson family are a strange breed. Magic, insanity, "extreme empathy" that I dare not call telepathy. Tem weaves a complex tale, told from multiple POVs and set in two different times. Things get complicated once we realize that Grandma Sadie is telling the tragic . Creepy Tale Garnet This book is well-written and takes you into a creepy world of the Gibson family, descendants of a strange bunch of people who have darker skin and spoke an odd Elizabethean form of English when they were first discovered in the South. The Gibson's have psychic gifts,