Primeros reseñadores

“A powerhouse scribe of the strange… Couturier writes with an elegance and grace reminiscent of Barker’s, bathed in beauty and blood, but very much with his own voice. It’s strange, it’s weird, it’s fascinating, and it will not let you go from first word to last. His command of prose captivates and is unequaled. I can’t get enough of his work. It’s that good.”

—Chris Miller, author of Dust and Shattered Skies

“This is a book of transformations, where victim and victor shift roles at the turn of a twisted tale. From abjection and depravity to wistful, unfulfilled love, Couturier guides us through the realm of appetite, and what it turns us into. Body horror, science fiction, and the paranormal are lenses through which he shows us the unforgiving food chain we participate in. Open this box and partake in its implacable calculus.”—Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, author of Come Tomorrow and Strength of Water

“What a dark treat you have in store! Scott combines a deft use of arcane language and incisive character creation, with a truly unusual and outré imagination.... There’s a sense that, through the characters with whom he peoples these stories, one is apprehending merely ‘the frayed edges of a wider world,’ to quote the screenwriter Travis Beacham. Many of the tales in in The Box hint at further vistas to be explored; even more horrifying and bizarre truths to be revealed. I will eagerly await them.”—Phil Breach, author of The Arte Mephitic and North

“Couturier’s “The Box and Others” is, by turns, compellingly strange and weirdly grotesque. The compulsion to keep reading after the first page, after the tenth, after the hundredth, is undeniable. With every new story, a new horror—sometimes human, sometimes cosmic, often both—is unveiled. Whether they be oppressive political regimes, eco-collapse, sexual malaise, the darkness of a psychotic ego, or a terror from beyond the stars, Couturier enthusiastically dredges up our individual and collective fears, giving them forms and names (or un-names) that will haunt the reader long after the cover has been closed.”—Rebecca Buchanan, author of Asphalt Gods and Not a Princess, But (Yes) There Was a Pea & Other Fairy Tales to Foment Revolution

“Take a bit of the weird and mix it with a hefty dash of arabesque, with notes of Algernon Blackwood, and you have The Box. Brilliant.”—M Ennenbach, poet, author of Hunger on the Chisholm Trail and (Un)tethered

“A collection of weird tales worthy of the original Weird Tales, a book to put on your shelf next to your battered Clark Ashton Smiths, “The Box and Others” is a kaleidoscopic study in contrasts—wonderfully nostalgic but always forward-looking, terrifying, gloriously inventive, and grimly funny. More than anything, it’s a showcase for Couturier’s near-boundless imagination. Here are the long-dead sorcerers, the obsessed archaeologists, the reluctant explorers of the abyssal depths, but set in and around the heathen temples of modern society: the late night truck stops, the spooky recycling centers, the broke-down carnivals and cramped apartments of the modern age. These sixteen twisted tales go down smooth, like fine vintage wine, but reimagined for the modern age and told with such robust, wicked glee you can’t help but marvel at Couturier’s enthusiasm and remarkably deft touch. Highly recommended.”—Polly Schattel, author of The Occultists and Shadowdays