![]() ![]() It is also a sad tale too, one which proves the author to yet again find sympathy and, more importantly, provide an empathetic portrait of the lives and loves we so easily brush under the carpet. ’ Guts’ is indeed a ferociously sickening account that will prove wince inducing to most males, as they recall those adolescent years following the discovery of the ability to ejaculate. Now this aforementioned unhealthy obsession was pricked when reports of the author, Chuck Palahniuk, giving tour readings of the novels opening short, ’ Guts’, with resulting faintings, unconsciousness being achieved, and general keelings over occurring. ’ Haunted’ is a collection of short stories told by the wannabe artist characters (or misfits) that also provide the novel’s overarching narrative story arc also. I discovered ’ Haunted’ through my unhealthy obsession with cinematic horror, in particular films that push the boundaries of what we deem acceptable….i did say unhealthy. 7 notes FebruA brief interlude of sickness & ‘Exodus’ (a short story from 'Haunted’ by Chuck Palahniuk) ![]()
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