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A review by findingmontauk1
Eidolon Avenue: The First Feast by Jonathan Winn
4.0
Eidolon Avenue is a collection of shorts that follows the secret and dark lives of residents of five of its apartments. Each apartment has its own past, its own ghosts, and its own horror. What I find most captivating is Jonathan Winn's ability to vividly detail what is going on. The imagery is spot on and the prose almost reads like a dark dream. The first story of Apartment 1A is my favorite story. While slightly confusing as it kicks off, it follows a retired Chinese assassin and all the ghosts of those she's killed. It is truly difficult to explain how it reads, but "fever dream" of past and present is not an understatement. I left that story feeling truly gutted, haunted, but simultaneously wowed.
The other four stories are equally as well-crafted, but there is something about what's behind the door in Apartment 1A that is always going to stick with me, as if I would turn around some dreary day and see a physical manifestation of it in my own reality. It really got under my skin.
Winn's creativity shines in Eidolon Avenue as each tale brings a uniquely haunting, sometimes violent, story to the forefront. Before this collection, I really never wondered what goes on inside those old, dilapidated buildings. And if real life is anything like Eidolon, then maybe I am best not knowing! But let's just say I will definitely take a pause and be reminded of this book when I see one.
"There is a place on Eidolon
that stands five stories tall.
Beyond locked doors,
dreams dreamt no more,
the tenants await their fall.
And on this day
on “Eye-da-lon,”
which waits five stories tall,
vindication sweet
feeds the hunger replete
as the walls inside whisper
Let’s eat."
There are even more doors on other floors in this broken building that we did not get to open and investigate, so I am hoping there will be more "feasts" as this title indicates is the FIRST. 4 stars! Thanks to the author for this review copy in exchange for honest feedback.
The other four stories are equally as well-crafted, but there is something about what's behind the door in Apartment 1A that is always going to stick with me, as if I would turn around some dreary day and see a physical manifestation of it in my own reality. It really got under my skin.
Winn's creativity shines in Eidolon Avenue as each tale brings a uniquely haunting, sometimes violent, story to the forefront. Before this collection, I really never wondered what goes on inside those old, dilapidated buildings. And if real life is anything like Eidolon, then maybe I am best not knowing! But let's just say I will definitely take a pause and be reminded of this book when I see one.
"There is a place on Eidolon
that stands five stories tall.
Beyond locked doors,
dreams dreamt no more,
the tenants await their fall.
And on this day
on “Eye-da-lon,”
which waits five stories tall,
vindication sweet
feeds the hunger replete
as the walls inside whisper
Let’s eat."
There are even more doors on other floors in this broken building that we did not get to open and investigate, so I am hoping there will be more "feasts" as this title indicates is the FIRST. 4 stars! Thanks to the author for this review copy in exchange for honest feedback.