The Black Dog Eats the City by Chris Kelso

They're convinced that uploading your mind to the supercomputer in Hollow Earth is the way to go.

From there, the Black Dog squeezes into the soul.' One character hunts down a mysterious drug, The Cure, to ward off the Black Dog. (Androids to you.) What's more, the town is afflicted with a malady that takes the form of a black dog, 'the size of a large calf, its footfalls are silent' and 'its ghost travels through human action and words before taking up residence in the victim's thoughts. That, or salvaging human teeth and fingernails from the dead and sometimes the living, for use in Immitant sex objects. You go to sleep a boy wake up an old man.' The principal career path appears to be collecting trash. The place is 'fortified with apathy, clotted by corruption. The amusingly named town of Ersatz ('north of Wire, upwind of Spittle'), has its share of troubles. Make no mistake though, Kelso is his own man. In The Black Dog Eats the City, Kelso employs bleak locales and speculative plot lines that incorporate satire, black humor, and occasionally, experimental techniques, that together recall the best of certain genre-busting authors from days past. What's certain is, Kelso is a fearless and accomplished prose stylist with a pretty nifty imagination. That's his story and he's sticking to it. Kelso himself claims to hail from Scotland, and that he's only 27 years old. Others say he channels the souls of WS Burroughs and PK Dick. (Dig that title and cover art!)Ĭhris Kelso possibly was transported here from the future.

The Black Dog Eats The City by Chris Kelso. This review was my first of about six for Literary Orphans Black Dog Eats the City is wildly creative and entertaining. In the mood for something different? Thirsty for a strange brew? Seek no more.

The Black Dog Eats the City by Chris Kelso