Demons in the Spring is a collection of twenty short stories by Joe Meno; author of the smash hits The Boy Detective Fails and Hairstyles of the Damned; with illustrations by twenty artists from the fine art; graphic art; and comic book worlds--Todd Baxter; Kelsey Brookes; Ivan Brunetti; Charles Burns; Nick Butcher; Steph Davidson; Evan Hecox; Kim Hiorthoy; Paul Hornschemeier; Cody Hudson; Caroline Hwang; kozyndan; Geoff McFetridge; Anders Nilsen; Laura Owens; Archer Prewitt; Jon Resh; Jay Ryan; Souther Salazar; Rachell Sumpter; and Chris Uphues.Oddly modern moments which occur in the most familiar of public places; from offices to airports to schools to zoos to emergency rooms: a young girl who refuses to go anywhere unless shersquo;s dressed as a ghost; a bank robbery in Stockholm gone terribly wrong; a teacher whorsquo;s become enamored with the students in his schoolrsquo;s Model United Nations club; a couple affected by a strange malady—a miniature city which has begun to develop in the young womanrsquo;s chest; these inventive stories are hilarious; heartbreaking; and unusual.Joe Meno is the best-selling author of the novels Hairstyles of the Damned; The Boy Detective Fails; How the Hula Girl Sings; and Tender As Hellfire. He was the winner of the 2003 Nelson Algren Award for short fiction and is a professor of creative writing at Columbia College Chicago.*A portion of the authors proceeds from the book will go directly to benefit 826 CHICAGO; a nonprofit tutoring center; part of the national organization of tutoring centers with branches in San Francisco; Los Angeles; New York City; and Seattle.*
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Worth while glance at ancient dramas. but not even seeking to entertainBy Robert TargettThis was assigned to me by my book club. It is. of by three different ancient Greek playwright poets. not just Aeschylus. The idea was to study three approaches to the Agamemnon/Electra story. As an academic exercise. it had its merits. As entertainment: nada0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. 3 Classic giants telling the same story!By Lamont A. TimmonsI love the classics. A nice collection of the same story told by three of the biggest classical poets. Its nice to pinpoint the differences. most are pretty significant too.
