A dark and beguiling story of Appalachia and the discovery of folk art produced by an outcast of the community. The paintings contain an ominous edge, and two friends and the owner of an art gallery travel to the deceased artist's home ground to discover his roots. What they uncover is way more than they bargained for, and the ramifications of what they find will change their lives forever. This book can be easily read in a sitting or two, and will keep you captivated, fascinated and fearful unt...

When an art gallery owner receives an intriguing proposition to acquire the work of a reclusive folk artist long passed away, he jumps at the chance. This could be one of those rare finds Timothy dreamed of discovering. But the more he learns about Cecil Conklin from his willowy niece, and her obsessed boyfriend, after visiting the rural mountains he called home in West Virginia, the more he realizes he's in for much more than he bargained for. As they search for a crucial missing part of his bi...

Deeply satisfying!

This just entered my top five reads of 2017! Brian Hodge is always wonderful, but this novella is a particular treat. He's written an Appalachian horror story that is not insulting to rural folk but rather acknowledges that people in the country have dreams and create art and want personal fulfillment and belonging. Of course, because it's Hodge, that all brings them face to face with something profoundly horrible (or perhaps beautiful). This book is fantastic!

Art collector heads to the backwoods to check out the paintings of a deceased artist. There is something haunting about them. Main story is interspersed with chapters told from the perspective of the artist. My first Hodge story and it was well told and a good read. Very short.

3,5 Sterne

This book was a charmer. It was a quiet story of a bored educated man with his life in the rearview helping two optimistic young adults understand their regional and familial history through some very unique pieces of art. It's a short tale that's just as long as it needs to be. The story serves the horror--not the other way around.Loved it.

I haven't read something by Brian Hodge in years. I discovered him back in college, when he was a part of the Dell/Abyss line of books, and he was one of those authors I would read, no questions asked. Life moved on, but I've always had a soft spot for him, so when I received this is a grab-bag of books from Cemetery Dance, I moved it to the top of my list.The story is about an art dealer in New York who becomes aware of a folk artist when a young woman comes to his gallery to show him her great...

this book was perfect and the paintings make its mad song howl.

Oo, this is a really cool one. The writing is beautiful and clear, the Appalachian setting is great, there's a creeping sense of dread, and these characters were perfect.I love these books where the protagonist genuinely feels like someone of their profession. In this case, we have an art curator who truly feels like an art curator. He reminds me very much of the professors I had while getting my fine arts degree. That realness is grounding, giving a great platform to build supernatural elements...

I'LL BRING YOU THE BIRDS FROM OUT OF THE SKY, by Brian Hodge, is a story that captured my undivided attention immediately. I've been impressed by this author before, but each book of his stands out as so "original", that I'd have a difficult time in saying which was my personal favorite. I believe that it's his writing style combined with his incredible imagination, which makes his books so consistently good.This particular tale showcased some incredible characterization to start, and only got b...

Another great piece of writing from Brian Hodge. He has a knack for making the cosmic personal, which I appreciate very much.

Excellent novella taking place in the Appalachian Mountains. It involves an art curator, a young woman who has inherited "The Conklin Collection" of folk art painted by her suicidal great grandfather, and the missing piece of a trio of interconnected works. Interesting characters, plot and sensory descriptions make this a worthwhile read. Brian Hodge at his best. Highly recommended.

This was my first time reading anything from Brian Hodge, but if this novella is any indication, the guy certainly knows how to instill a sense of dread through his writing. There's some great atmosphere building throughout the entirety of the story; the rural Appalachia setting felt both lived in and mysterious, and the abandoned town on the other side of the mountain was both vivid and creepy as all hell. All in all this was a solid and effective bit of weird horror!

I’ve been reading Brian Hodge now for a long time. He has pretty much always been a competent recountour of stories and an excellent short story writer. He fell victim to the collapse of the Horror collapse of the 90’s and has soldiered on. In his latest excellent novella, “I'll Bring You the Birds From Out of the Sky” Mr. Hodge has chosen to mine a current popular theme utilized by weird and horror fiction, the backwoods mountains of West Virginia and the Appalachian Region. What you get in thi...

Concise and poignant, this small novella encapsulates a mood collage of the new weird's focus on localism, horror, and awe.

Die Geschichte ist wahrlich nicht lange und trotzdem habe ich auf Seite 30 ca. überlegt das Buch abzubrechen. Ich habe mich gefragt, was ist das und warum ist es so zäh. Doch dann nahm die Geschichte richtig anfahrt auf und hat mich mit ihrem verlauf überrascht. Das Cover ist wirklich genial, auch wenn man sich auf den ersten Blick fragt, was ist das für eine Gestaltung, aber es passt so super zu der Geschichte genauso wie der Titel. Ich weiß gar nicht recht was ich zu der Geschichte sagen soll,...

Brian Hodge is an outstanding writer and as such, how could I'LL BRING YOU THE BIRDS FROM OUT OF THE SKY be anything less than outstanding? In fact, if there was a word-I would rate this book higher than outstanding. How about exceptional? Yeah, let's go with EXCEPTIONAL.In this novella length tale, we meet Mr. Timothy Randolph, an art dealer and curator of folk art. When Nona brings him a sample painting of her grandfather's, Timothy is intrigued and immediately sets off with her to see more o...

Brian Hodge is an elegant writer. A writer that makes you reread sentences to feel the words again. “People had an urge to flee, if only they knew where to go. The paintings showed the place, but not the pathway. “I’ll Bring You The Birds is a story about Timothy, an art gallery owner and Nona who brings in a painting done by her great grandfather Cecil. Nona is presented as an uneducated backwoods girl but is quite wise in her own way. Timothy is intrigued by the painting and more so when Nona

What a great little book. Little because it’s very short, an afternoon’s reading and three cups of coffee. But what a great afternoon.It’s a simple story but engaging and with an ending that was intriguing.I’ll definitely look out for another of his stories - an afternoon well-spent.