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"Sparks's story collection swirls with a Tim Burton-like whimsy. . . . Modern fables in which epiphanies replace moral lessons and tales unfold with Grimm-like wickedness."--"Publishers Weekly," on "May We Shed These Human Bodies" by Amber Sparks"Kloss peers inside, like some kind of mad historian, [...]
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"Sparks's story collection swirls with a Tim Burton-like whimsy. . . . Modern fables in which epiphanies replace moral lessons and tales unfold with Grimm-like wickedness."--"Publishers Weekly," on "May We Shed These Human Bodies" by Amber Sparks"Kloss peers inside, like some kind of mad historian, and records all the best and the worst of us with a passion and sometimes prophetic fervor."--"The McNeese Review," on "The Alligators of Abraham" by Robert Kloss"Don't mistake this gorgeous and wholly original book for a blow-by-blow comic-book-style retelling of Moby-Dick. . . . Let it sit on your coffee table as testament to what all of us human beings can do if we stick with it."--Oprah.com, on "Moby-Dick in Pictures" by Matt KishThis pocket-sized edition of a hybrid text by Amber Sparks and Robert Kloss explores the evolution of evil in worlds both seen and unseen and features full-color illustrations by Matt Kish, illustrator of the critically acclaimed "Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page."Amber Sparks is the author of "May We Shed These Human Bodies," released by Curbside Splendor in 2012. Her work has been widely published in print and online and you can find some of it at ambernoellesparks.com or follow her on Twitter @ambernoelle.Robert Kloss is the author of "The Alligators of Abraham." His short fiction has been published in "Crazyhorse," "Gargoyle," "Unsaid," and elsewhere. He can be found online at robert-kloss.com.