The Eater of Darkness

Westport: City Point Press", 2021. First printing, Trade paperback, New,. Westport: City Point Press", 2021. First printing, Trade paperback, New, 183 pp.<br/> "Eager to make his year in New York one to remember, Charles leaves his boarding house room one night in search of an adventure. As he wanders, Charles stumbles into the living quarters of Picrolas, an eccentric, crazed scientist who refers to himself as 'the Eater of Darkness.' Picrolas reveals his prized invention: a remote-control x-ray machine, designed to electrocute and kill at random by shooting 'x-ray bullets' into the brains of Picrolas' intended targets. Tricked by Picrolas into releasing the trigger, Charles is instantly taken by the machine and the power it holds. After a string of murders ensue, Charles agrees to help Picrolas plot an elaborate bank heist, using the x-ray bullets to kill the bank's guards and any unlucky witnesses that happen to be on the street during the heist. As the city is terrorized by these mysterious murders, Charles becomes entangled in the fallout. Characters disappear and reappear; events spiral in a disorienting, antirealistic fashion; and genres collide in an unpredictable, dreamlike conclusion."