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There's a weight to Farah Rose Smith's writing that is unlike anything I've read up to this point. I don't know quite how to describe it, except that her stories are often like a dense fog that require you to stay put for a bit and truly experience them, which is not something I'm used to.This is her first collection of short stories, and each story looks and feels different than the one near it. Some of the stories are dark, some disturbing, some pretty provocative, but all of them grabbed me a...
This is a very uncompromising book of short stories written in what I would term an 'ecstatic' writing style. By this I mean something akin to the surrealistic/poetic stream of consciousness also found in authors such as Lautremont, Artaud, Bataille, and writers that were associated with the Creation Press such as Aaron Williamson. I am not a fan of any of them.To find an example of it, I opened the book, entirely at random I might add, and picked out the first paragraph that meets my eye. Lucki...
Of One Pure Will is brimming with gothic decadence prose poetry fecund with lush wordcraft. The physical book is a pleasure to touch and behold, from the meticulous layout to the unsettling art.
I discovered Farah Rose Smith’s stories on Medium.com – short, sharp stories that gave me the creeps and that I loved. When she offered the ARC of her collection, I promptly asked her to send me a copy. And what a thrill! Farah’s stories are hauntingly poetic, reminiscent of John Crowley – but if Crowley had lived a century ago. Is that weird? Yes, and this is good. Farah gives the Weird a new flavor. Or should I say new flavors, plural? Because there are many in this collection: Of Marble and M...
"To read Farah Rose Smith's prose is to walk through a dark, ornate museum. The walls are covered in vivid, decadent paintings of surreal nightmares. A low cacophony of discordant music, screams, and ancient languages echo through the halls. Take the tour."- Blurb for the 2021 paperback edition. * * *Full ReviewOf One Pure Will shows Farah Smith Rose as an incredibly skilled writer. Her ability to convey disgusting and disturbing imagery in gorgeous prose is certainly something to be admired. Wh...
In general, I hate giving negative reviews of books, preferring the old adage of not saying anything at all, and simply rating them. So I'll pull a few punches, understanding of the author's feelings, and that there are also many readers who enjoy this type of writing style, and, as well, who would happily disagree with me. But I must piggy-back on the review given by Side Real Press, for both the content of this collection, as well as the overall editing. There were only two traditional stories...
This print run of this book is limited to 325 copies.Contents:007 - "An Ethics of Magical Vulnerability: The Works of Farah Rose Smith, by Fiona Maeve Geist"011 - "The Wytch-Byrd of The Nabryd-Keind"021 - "In The Way of Eslan Mendeghast"029 -" Of Marble and Mud"039 -" The Visitor"057 -" The Land of Other" 069 -" As Unbreakable as The World"079 - "An Account Above Burnside Park"091 - "As With Alem"099 - "Sorcerer Machine"121 - "Dark Ocean"127 - "Ash in The Pocket"133 - "folie à plusiers"137 - "Ri...
***this review originally appeared on The Ginger Nuts of Horror website***You know how you can tell a horror book is going to give you more to chew on than the usual assortment of ghoulies, ghosties, and long-legged beasties? When the introduction reads like a college study guide. In the foreword to Farah Rose Smith’s first short story collection, Of One Pure Will (published by Egaeus Press in a hardcover edition limited to 325 copies), Fiona Maeve Geist doesn’t just ponder what it is that makes...
