Sea of the Patchwork Cats
by Carlton Mellick III
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Author: Carlton Mellick IIIEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-21
ISBN: 0976249863
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Eraserhead Press
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Book Review: A completely unique and different apocalypse book
Summary: 5 Stars
Conrad is an old man, and a raging drunk. When the world ends, Conrad is passed out under his bar stool, so he misses the whole event. He wanders the empty streets for awhile before taking up residence inside a large house. During his "Howard Hughes" style of living, he finds that the ocean has swept up and taken the house.
Floating on a vast sea, just as his house begins to sink, Conrad comes across Nerve Works, a vast stone structure in the middle of the ocean, shaped like two conjoined women back to back. He discovers blocks of ice with what seems to be women in them, and saves them from the sinking house just in time, pushing the blocks into Nerve Works to thaw.
Jaji is the first to thaw, a reptile woman who occasionally tries to swallow Conrad. Together they explore Nerve Works, where Conrad becomes a young man again, rooms constantly change themselves around, and the room inside the conjoined heads of Nerve Works is filled with calico cats. But there is booze here, so Conrad adapts although he prefers dogs.
With Jaji, Kara the falcon-girl, Dog-girl, and his own little kitten Zombi, Conrad wanders Nerve Works until he runs into the Queen Of Cats and is forced into a decision for all of mankind; which at the time is only him.
In the Author's Notes, Mellick confesses to writing this book largely from a dream, and the surrealistic tale unfolds in an uncannily dreamlike way. Not as funny as Mellick's other pieces, this thin book still offers up a "must have" story for lovers of apocalypse tales. Like myself. This tale will grab you right from the first paragraph.
Kudos to cover artist Alexander Casteels for a beautiful rendition of Nerve Works. Enjoy!
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