The Almanac of Dust

The Almanac of DustDear sick soul, you have met the universe. Farah Rose Smiths THE ALMANAC OF DUST is a stunning work of visionary imagination reminiscent of the great Angela Carter. This numinous, experimental novelette presents the dissolution and loss of a couples intimate relationship, all set in a dust choked world, like a nightmare hybrid landscape of Becketts Endgame and Hodgsons The Night Land. In the backgroundvia intersectional notes about and quotes from the

ÒDear sick soul, you have met the universe.Ó Farah Rose SmithÕs THE ALMANAC OF DUST is a stunning work of visionary imagination reminiscent of the great Angela Carter. This numinous, experimental novelette presents the dissolution and loss of a coupleÕs intimate relationship, all set in a dust-choked world, like a nightmare-hybrid-landscape of BeckettÕs Endgame and HodgsonÕs The Night Land. In the backgroundÑvia intersectional notes about and quotes from the titular, fictional tomeÑa bleak philosophy emerges, driven by a paradoxically dynamic, melancholic mental illness. An uncanny environmental/metaphysical catastrophe (internalized as self-neglect, grief, violence, and regret) dominates SmithÕs wonderfully disjointed, powerful story/treatise. The Almanac of Dust is a book to cherish, and Farah Rose Smith is a distinctive, literary talent to watch.Ó

-Jon Padgett, author of THE SECRET OF VENTRILOQUISM and founder of Thomas Ligotti Online