Beast Vocal: Stories – Paperback

Things got strange fast in the world far from home.

In a series of enthralling, cinematic stories award-winning author David James Brock explores ideas of purpose, consequences, vanity and hope. Rooted as much in the animal world as in the human, we see things from the view of the Darlin, the horse stolen in a western, as well as from the view of the town drunk in a village facing bear attacks. Jon the seagull tells us of the heaven that is the San Diego Zoo, where herring fall from the sky, alongside an unnamed narrator watching his partner struggle with the reality of a serial killer rampage. Moving fluidly through genres, touching on science fiction, horror, western and experimental styles, the stories in Beast Vocal are dark gems, glittering and intricate, fracturing our perceptions of the everyday world in dazzling ways.