The Sun Never Rises in the Big City [Kindle Edition]

Jeremy C. Shipp (Author)

Book Description

"Shipp's clear, insistent voice pulls you down into the rabbit hole and doesn't let go."—Jack Ketchum

THE SUN NEVER RISES IN THE BIG CITY

DRM-free and 99 cents. A hard-boiled tale of gritty dystopian noir. "The Sun Never Rises in the Big City" received an honorable mention in Best Horror of the Year, Volume Three.

"The Sun Never Rises in the Big City" is a short story of 5100 words.

Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of books such as CURSED, SHEEP AND WOLVES, VACATION, and FUNGUS OF THE HEART.

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Praise for Jeremy C. Shipp:

"This is intriguing, challenging, literate, provocative....I recommend it to those who find reality boring; it may make them see it in new ways."—Piers Anthony, the Xanth Series

"Jeremy Shipp is a very good drug. I hope this book gets banned in high schools soon!"—John Skipp

"This is an unforgettable work—a must read you’ll savor long after the final page."—Lisa Mannetti, Bram Stoker Award winner

"A diverse, unpredictable, and intelligent read. Two thumbs up!”—Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• File Size: 134 KB
• Print Length: 19 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004S7FUJC
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,374 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This story veers from one direction to the other like a weather vane . . . February 26, 2012

By Pearce Hansen

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. . . but that's obviously deliberate. I've heard others refer to this author as 'bizarro,' which is a style I've heard of but am not overly familiar with -- if this tale is an example of the genre, I like it.

The story is strange and bitter, with a dystopian bite to it. It's understated as he avoided the soap box, just spilled it out on the table letting YOU decide whether to pick it up or not.

It is short at 5K words -- the story's universe backdrop could definitely provide enough meat to sustain a novel -- but I found it satisfactory. Well worth reading, a lot of fun, and Jeremy Shipp is an author I'll read more from.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark twisting tale January 22, 2012

By Life4mebyme

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"The Sun Never Rises in the Big City" is a complete surprise.

The dark noir starts with a bang. A hard edge detective is being asked to investigate a cheating husband. Seems normal on the surface but there is an underlining anger and deception at play. The femme fatale dies and the angry detective is determined to find out who is behind it. Her death is the beginning of the deception and the unraveling of the world we first believe to be true.

The story is written tightly and sweeps you along with its fast pace. The point of view is strong and in the end you no longer are angry at the detective, main character, you feel sorry for him.

I recommend this for someone who enjoys noirs, science fiction or an interesting story that is different then other stuff out there.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It! September 4, 2011

By BookAddict VINE™ VOICE

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This story is creepy good. I loved how things gradually unfolded, so that what I expected wasn't at all what I got. I want more of this bizarre world that Jeremy Shipp has created!

More About the Author

Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Cursed, Vacation, and Sheep and Wolves. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 60 publications, the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. Jeremy enjoys living in Southern California in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse called Rose Cottage. He lives there with a couple of pygmy tigers and a legion of yard gnomes. The gnomes like him. The clowns living in his attic-not so much. His twitter handle is @JeremyCShipp.

Feel free to contact Jeremy via email at: chrismatrix(at)yahoo(dot)com

"Jeremy C. Shipp's boldness, daring, originality, and sheer smarts make him one of the most vital younger writers who have colonized horror literature in the past decade. Shipp's modernist clarity, plus his willingness to risk damn near everything, put him up at the head of the pack with the very best."
-Peter Straub

"Shipp's clear, insistent voice pulls you down into the rabbit hole and doesn't let go."
-Jack Ketchum