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Icarus Descending

(1999)
A collection of stories by

 
 
Awards
British Fantasy Society Best Collection (nominee)
A book collecting two stories by a new horror writer.

In 'Remember Me Yesterday' Caroline is contacted by a long lost high school love who claims the Thief of Time is stealing his memories. He wants her to share her memories of their times together so that he can recapture them.

'Icarus Descending' is a complex story about family and hate, reality and perception. Noah's mother has committed suicide after discovering she has ovarian cancer. Grief-stricken, Noah's father later jumps to his death. Then Noah's brother, Isaac, who had always been the perfect son in his parents' eyes, is involved in an accident that leaves him in a wheelchair. Noah, who is burdened with all these events over a short period of time, becomes consumed by his resentment and hatred.


Genre: Fantasy

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