Crazy Time: A Bizarre Battle with Darkness and the Divine
WHAT IF OMNIPOTENT FORCES SOUGHT YOUR DESTRUCTION?
WHAT IF YOU COULD FIGHT BACK?
SECOND EDITION! On a dark urban highway, bright, introspective thirtysomething Lily Henshaw survives a brutal attack by men who announce that “It’s Crazy Time!” and kill her friends. Months later, still crushed by survivor’s guilt, Lily suffers another serious trauma—and another, and another, and another. Deaths, especially suicides, surround her, as do strange occurrences that, despite her agnosticism, seem to have Biblical import. She becomes convinced she is cursed like Job from the Bible, but unlike Job, she doesn’t assume God is the good guy. While intense stresses foster an unlikely romance with her boss, she goes on a quest for answers that involves a psychic, a Satanist, a Protestant preacher, and others, gaining resolve and a destination: the skyscraper where she might confront the supernatural forces aligned in a conspiracy to destroy her life.
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“What would happen if the battle between the forces of good and evil became corporate? While navigating a series of tragedies that seem cherry-picked to destroy her, Lily Henshaw is about to find out. In a chaotic adventure that includes a scintillating cast of morally gray characters, L. Andrew Cooper takes us along for a weird, crazy ride as we bear witness to Lily’s trials and tribulations … and, ultimately, her fate. In equal parts thought-provoking and entertaining, Cooper will challenge what you thought you believed.” —Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar, author of Darkness There but Something More and Keeper of Corpses
“…a sophisticated blend of surreal horror and dark urban fantasy written as a gruesome psychological thriller… a gruesome and deep story that will make you think and make you feel and keep you up at night contemplating pain, tragedy, darkness, divinity, choice, and perspective… The imagery is astounding and often unsettling, more a part of the story itself than just setting and visuals. Crazy Time is a profound and poignant reading experience, highly recommended for aficionados of intelligent horror.” —Lisa Lee Tone, Bibliophilia Templum (Read the full review!)
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If you are interested in fiction that moves further into the surreal and intellectually challenging, you might enjoy Noir Falling, which doesn’t continue Lily Henshaw’s story and doesn’t belong as clearly in the horror genre but is, nevertheless, a companion piece, taking you further into the world of MFS (the corporation Lily encounters) with help from Lily’s guide Young Torrents. It is stranger, more experimental, and though it’s often dark and scary, it also has a bizarre sense of humor.
Daniel Lowe, a presence but not a student at the prestigious University, keeps finding himself in strange situations, not sure how he got there. Color whorls devour people and places, a beautiful woman in a null space called The Blank asks him to save her from her corporate magnate husband, and dozens of missing students might somehow relate to these calamities. Noir Falling is a surreal mindbender that might make your head explode. Read more!