A Dirge for the Temporal

Annotation: A Dirge for the Temporal, Darren Speegle's second collection of fiction, bursts with sensations. A Dirge lingers on the dark mystery of the supernatural, creates the giddy feeling of fear mixed with excitement, that only comes from partial revelations, things half-glimpsed and misty. Like H.P. Lovecraft or Edgar Allen Poe, Speegle's stories belong to the twilight hour, just after the glorious reds and golds of sunset have slipped away giving warning that total darkness is quickly approaching.

From the Inside Flap

"Darren Speegle writes with the beauty of a shotgun, the delicateness of a razor, and the symphonics of a scream. His work is moody, evocative and always disturbing. He is, quite simply, one of the consistently best up-and-coming horror writers in the business. Do yourself a favor and read him now." Brian Keene, Bram Stoker Award winning author of The Rising, Terminal and Fear of Gravity "Darren Speegle is a rare combination of classic storytelling and modern edge. He is literate and slick, myth's wolf and wet ruby poet." Charlee Jacob, author of Haunter and Dread in the Beast "Darren Speegle is a real discovery. His delicious evocation of landscape delivers the reader, quite seamlessly, from places of precisely-evoked geography into landscapes of haunting spiritual menace. These vivid and perturbing tales remind me of the stories of Robert Aickman." Graham Joyce, World Fantasy Award winner and author of The Facts of Life

About the Author

Darren Speegle's fiction has appeared in a variety of publications, including 5_Trope, 3AM Magazine, Chiaroscuro, Fangoria's Frightful Fiction, and Would That It Were. A Dirge for the Temporal is one of two collections he will have coming out in 2004. The other, Gothic Wine, will be released by Aardwolf Press. Additionally, he has a tale forthcoming in the hardback anthology Verte Brume: The Anthology of Absinthe. Darren lives in Germany with his wife, Julie, and their two daughters, who are in the German educational system and are called upon more than they like to act as translators for their parents. When he is not pounding his head on the keyboard, Darren enjoys biking and hiking and experiencing Europe by its less beaten paths.

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