Wendell Mayo's second collection probes behind the dailyness of life by using horror movie images and plots as metaphors. Has Robert's bride forsaken her selfness for Robert just as the Mummy did for the Egyptian princess? Will an older brother's lifelong efforts in mimicking Godzilla eventually reach through to his ever more withdrawn sister? Or are there depths that even "Big Greenie" can't plummet? Do werewolves stalk the streets of a Lithuanian village? Or do the vintage WWII fighter planes flying overhead remind us ...
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Wendell Mayo's second collection probes behind the dailyness of life by using horror movie images and plots as metaphors. Has Robert's bride forsaken her selfness for Robert just as the Mummy did for the Egyptian princess? Will an older brother's lifelong efforts in mimicking Godzilla eventually reach through to his ever more withdrawn sister? Or are there depths that even "Big Greenie" can't plummet? Do werewolves stalk the streets of a Lithuanian village? Or do the vintage WWII fighter planes flying overhead remind us that something much more horrible, much more concrete, might yet remain? While Mayo's vision is dark, it is not unremittingly so. In the playful "Who Made You" the Baltimore Catechism's rote questions offer an unexpected anchor to a couple on the verge of separation and financial disaster. Dark or light Mayo's skein of words threads insistently, beautifully, and poignantly.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 144 p. Audience: General/trade. BOX # 3812. (Media mail takes 5-14 days) Special note(old library's Used book)I check each pages of this book it is in Very Good Condition. CDs is (not included): This book has Approximate(0)pages contains Answers of all Questions, Notes, Highlight, or Under-lines. This Hard Cover book: Jacket cover is (Good) Stem binding, and all 4 tips cover are (Good): Old(Ex library s Book contains marker s mark, library s logo and Jacket cover cutting ). Jacket cover is ( N/A). Email me before you Return it, If its not in better condition I described it.
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1999 first edition. Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama. Hardcover octavo. Black cloth with silver lettering. 130p. Near Fine (just very slight bumping of top cover tips. no dj. Weird and creative short stories.
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