In the River - Softcover

Jeremy Robert Johnson

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421 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1621052516 ISBN 13: 9781621052517

Publisher: Lazy Fascist Press, 2017

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"In the River is a brilliant offering; the pain and strange beauty of it will wash over you and sweep you away."―Scream Magazine

"Gripping, horrifying, surreal...Think The Old Man and the Sea meets The Pearl meets Pet Sematary...But, dare I say it, In the River takes you to even darker places..."―Verbicide

An intensely moving tale of survival and madness along the river's edge. A father and son fishing lesson become a nightmarish voyage to the sea in this visionary testament to the lengths we will go for those we love.

100% of JRJ's first month of royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to Portland Homeless Family Solutions to aid them in the difficult work of helping families with children find safety and security during times of struggle.

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From the Inside Flap:

Finalist for the 2018 Wonderland Award.

Finalist for Best Novella of the Year in the 2017 This Is Horror Awards.

Featured in PANK Magazine's Best of 2017.

Praise for Jeremy Robert Johnson and IN THE RIVER
"This is superb fiction with a raw, throbbing, aching heart at its core that is far too big to be contained within the book's pages but that is, by some bizarre magic, still there."―Vol. 1 Brooklyn
"From the opening pages I was swept away with Johnson's prose and after only ten minutes of reading I felt emotionally shattered. Johnson is a fantastic writer and this is a beautifully told story."―The Grim Reader

"The Old Man and the Sea, but dipped in Johnson's signature soup of strange. A book of cold sweats and delirium...Johnson has given us a tale that explores parental terror and grief, and ultimately leaves the heart shook."―The Inlander

"Johnson has been long establishing himself as one of the premier writers of the weird alongside such talents as Kelly Link and Stephen Graham Jones, and with In the River, he demonstrates a depth of storytelling that cements him not just as a rising voice, but one that has arrived. In the River is a fierce, distinctive gut-punch of a read with enough gritty darkness to bring even the most jaded reader of dark fiction to their knees."―Life in Metropolis

"The simple story of a father and son going fishing somehow morphs into a soul-shattering tale of anxiety, loss, and vengeance wrapped in a surreal narrative about the things that can keep a person between this world and the next. Johnson is a maestro of the weird and one of the best writers in bizarro, crime, and horror, but this one erases all of those genres and makes him simply one of the best."―PANK Magazine

"A master of mood, seamlessly combining the literary with the grotesque. Johnson deserves to be a household name..."―Publishers Weekly
"Genre-bending...haunting..."―The Washington Post
"Johnson captures humanity's absurdity, our grotesqueries, sometimes our triumphs, all the while pushing past the limits of reality, transforming it into something dark, and surreal, and unforgettable."―B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
"A powerful imagination, a great talent for storytelling, writing chops that allow him to tackle any genre, and a flowing, dynamic voice that, if Johnson were a singer, would extend to an impressive eight octaves."―Electric Literature
"Surreal, visceral, and frequently unsettling...One more descriptor, while we're at it: highly entertaining. Johnson brings a pulpy urgency to the page, which blends neatly with the frequently heady concepts that he utilizes in his fiction."―Tor.com
"Johnson writes with an energy that propels you through some very dark spaces indeed and into something profoundly unsettling but nonetheless human."―Brian Evenson, author of A Collapse of Horses
"Reading Johnson, you feel you are in the grip of an immensely powerful, possibly malevolent, but fiercely intelligent mind."―Nick Cutter, author of The Troop
"I've seen the future and it's bizarre, it's beautifully berserk, it's Jeremy Robert Johnson."―Stephen Graham Jones, author of Mongrels
"A dazzling writer."―Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club
"One of the most exciting voices in contemporary fiction. Jeremy Robert Johnson's work has always tested the limits of both genre and literary fiction."―Bookslut
"Jeremy Robert Johnson is dancing to a way different drummer. He loves language, he loves the edge, and he loves us people. This is entertainment...and literature."―Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door
"Not unlike David Foster Wallace's wicked and perhaps deranged younger brother."―21C Magazine
"The guy's a genius. Reminds me of William Gibson―the dark interest in altered states of consciousness, the unrelentingly furious forward movement, and the same kind of unlimited imagination."―Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
"Johnson weaves vivid and fascinatingly grotesque tales."―Bookgasm

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