This collection is in paperback at last. AF was originally slated for release way back in 2003. Then disaster struck, and struck again, and then one more time (in case I wasn't paying attention the first two times). But now, thanks to Books of the Dead Press, this compilation of stories and connective tissue has seen the searing light of day. What's more, it features an introduction by the wonderful Kealan Patrick Burke.
Gary McMahon, award-winning author of The Concrete Grove, says, “Darren O. Godfrey is one of a rare breed: a writer who seems to have flown under most readers' radar but of whom other writers speak in awed tones. His stories are both quiet and thunderous, terrifying yet obliquely disturbing. This artful contradiction runs deep in his work. Buy this book. It's the real deal.”
From Mort Castle, two-time Stoker winner: “Darren Godfrey is indeed the real thing: a horror writer’s horror writer and a horror reader’s top choice.”
Nev Murray (Confessions of a Reviewer): "The writing is very smooth, very polished but not to the extent where you feel like it’s been rehearsed over and over. The words just flow one after the other in such a way that you can read one story after the other and while still remembering the previous one, be totally engrossed in the current one."
John Milton: "For some, Apathetic Flesh will prove to be a troublesome read. Much of the subject matter is unsettling, bizarre and disturbing; and at times, I found myself reading over sentences and paragraphs to ensure that what I thought I read had actually just happened. For me, this was part of the appeal of this collection, coupled with Godfrey’s, at times, near-poetic prose."
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