Hero Dust

Description

Bram understands the importance of stories. After all, he convinced Stoker to write Dracula to frighten the world. One of the original vampire hunters, Bram has seen vampires in action. But he grows weary of the job. He needs a replacement. Only the world of the 21 st century doesn’t lend itself to heroes—not of the kind he needs anyway. Until he realizes that perhaps he should look for a heroine instead. Like early Ray Bradbury, Rusch has the ability to switch on a universal dark. —the Times of London [Rusch’s horror stories are] horror in the same way that Robert Bloch’s Psycho is—horror of the soul. — Locus