Brian Evenson with Lincoln Michel - The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell: Stories

On August 11th, 2021, Third Place Books welcomed literary horror icon and translator Brian Evenson for a discussion of his latest collection of stories, THE GLASSY, BURNING FLOOR OF HELL (Coffee House Press). He was joined in conversation by Lincoln Michel, author of Upright Beasts and the forthcoming novel, The Body Scout.
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About THE GLASSY, BURNING FLOOR OF HELL. . .
“Here is how monstrous humans are.”
A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men-of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans. In this new short story collection, Brian Evenson envisions a chilling future beyond the Anthropocene that forces excruciating decisions about survival and self-sacrifice in the face of toxic air and a natural world torn between revenge and regeneration. Combining psychological and ecological horror, each tale thrums with Evenson’s award-winning literary craftsmanship, dark humor, and thrilling suspense.
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Brian Evenson is the author of over a dozen works of fiction. He has received three O. Henry Prizes for his fiction. His most recent book, Song for the Unraveling of the World, won a Shirley Jackson Award and was a finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction and the Balcones Fiction Prize. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at CalArts.
Lincoln Michel is the author of the short story collection Upright Beasts and the coeditor of the anthologies Tiny Crimes and Tiny Nightmares. His fiction appears or is forthcoming in the Paris Review, F&SF, Granta, Lightspeed, the Pushcart Prize anthology, and elsewhere. His debut novel, The Body Scout, will be released by Orbit on September 21st. You can find him online at lincolnmichel.com and @thelincoln.

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45:42. It's cool to hear Brian talk about this process of saving little bits and quotes on his phone. I work retail, and whenever I hear a random quote or choice of words I love I'll jot them down in a notebook for future reference.

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Thanks for the post! Reading THE GLASSY, BURNING FLOOR OF HELL right now and wondering why I haven't revisited Evenson in awhile. So good.