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Ennui, an Amazon Short
by David Niall Wilson (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Length:  8,364 words, 31 pages
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About the Author
David Niall Wilson has been writing dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction since the mid 1980s. One time president of ... Read more
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I’m a big proponent of what if stories. When I read Patricia Cornwell’s book, “Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed,” I was partially convinced. In my mind, I built a Walter Sickert who could and would have been the ripper, and worked out details. I even purchased a bullseye lantern from the 1800s to test the light. When I saw the dark figure in the shadow of Sickert’s painting, “Ennui,” a tale was born.

The Complete Works of David Niall Wilson
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The Orffyreus Wheel - Part Five The Orffyreus Wheel - Part Five June 24, 2006; 35 pages
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The Mote in Andrea's Eye (Five Star Science Fiction & Fantasy) The Mote in Andrea's Eye (Five Star Science Fiction & Fantasy) June 2, 2006; 301 pages
As a child, Andrea Jamieson watches her father die in a hurricane. As a grimly determined young woman running a government... Read more
The Orffyreus Wheel - Part Four The Orffyreus Wheel - Part Four May 4, 2006; 34 pages
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The Orffyreus Wheel - Part Three The Orffyreus Wheel - Part Three April 20, 2006; 42 pages
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The Orffyreus Wheel - Part 2 The Orffyreus Wheel - Part 2 March 15, 2006; 36 pages
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The Orffyreus Wheel - Part One The Orffyreus Wheel - Part One February 10, 2006; 30 pages
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New Leather and Old Cognac New Leather and Old Cognac December 23, 2005; 29 pages
I have always loved that image of a man staring into a mirror at the image of his own face staring back from another mirror behind him, and on to infinity. I also love old cognac, old books, and bookstores. This story is my tribute to all three. Read more
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Deep Blue Deep Blue June 2, 2005; 344 pages
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About the Author

David Niall Wilson has been writing dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction since the mid 1980s. One time president of the Horror Writer’s Association and winner of the Bram Stoker Award for poetry, Wilson writes from the historic William R. White House in Hertford, NC where he lives and loves with award winning author/editor Patricia Lee Macomber. Wilson is a retired US Navy Electronics Technician who spent six of his twenty years exploring back alleys and mysterious ruins from Israel to France, Greece and Crete, riding with a motorcycle club in Spain, and playing in various rock and blues bands. Once considering a career in the ministry, Wilson is an ordained minister of unique faith who blends spirituality, music, and poetry into prose that, more often than not, leads into the darker corners of the soul.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting Horror, December 7, 2005
"Ennui", a wonderfully frightful tale about history's most infamous bad boy, Jack the Ripper. Mr. Wilson has dedicated this story to Walter Sickert and Patricia Cornwell--Cornwell, of course, being the best-selling author who has staked her reputation on what she feels is irrefutable proof that the artist Walter Richard Sickert was actually Jack the Ripper. Maybe so, maybe not. David Niall Wilson's fog-laden, gaslit meditation upon the murders rests upon a single word: "Ennui", and his beautifully wrought story concerns a psychiatric doctor, Dr. Antoine Dupin, who is consumed by the savage crimes. Dupin's interest in the Ripper killings leads him to The Artist, but the outcome of their encounter is anything but what you might expect. Absolutely superb horror fiction about art, madness, evil and...ennui. Bravo!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tale, October 28, 2005
By Ted (PA, USA) - See all my reviews
Read the story and felt like I'd just watched a full-length movie. Breathtaking pace, dense with intrigue and delicious atmospherics, deft touches of aberrant psychology. David Niall Wilson is always a fresh take on what imaginative writing should be. His novels are just as tight and rewarding as this little gem.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent thriller with a touch of Poe, April 9, 2006
By Mark Rainey (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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Wilson has been a solid writer for many years, and this one, which features detective Antoine Dupin on the trail of Jack the Ripper, is tight, engaging, and unpredictable. The tale's drips with Poe-esque atmosphere, yet there's no hint of pastiche or imitation. If you're looking to read David Wilson for the first time, this might be the one to get you irrevocably hooked. If you're a long-time fan of his work, you'll no doubt be thrilled again.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars JACK THE RIPPER COMES TO LIFE ... AGAIN ... WOW!
This is my second story by this author, and I think he's great in the horror category.

Using his awesome imagination, Wilson takes the very infamous Jack the Ripper... Read more
Published on March 16, 2006 by Betty L. Dravis

5.0 out of 5 stars Art and Artifice..
I wonder how many others will notice that Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin has a relative in this one. Didn't expect to like it as much as I did. Read more
Published on January 23, 2006 by Edgar Kane

5.0 out of 5 stars Very descriptive
This is definitely an intriguing piece. It is well worth the few minutes to read it. I will definitely buy more of his works.
Published on November 9, 2005 by E. Hart

5.0 out of 5 stars Through the Eyes of a Killer
At 49 cents, the reader may enter the mind of a serial killer. Wilson obviously spends many nights away from us, and as a fellow author of thrillers, I know he must get "sideways... Read more
Published on October 20, 2005 by James R. Musgrave

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of Wilson's best short fiction
Ennui is some of David Wilson's best short fiction to date. Anyone who read Patricia Cornwall's book on Jack the Ripper will find themselves feeling like Wilson is letting them... Read more
Published on October 19, 2005 by Eric Marcum

5.0 out of 5 stars Another mesmerizing tale from a master of macabre
David Niall Wilson is swiftly becoming known as one of the best in the business, and this short is a good indication why. Read more
Published on October 17, 2005 by N. Kenyon

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