Tyrannia and Other Renditions Alan DeNiro Author

In these 11 stories—and the weird spaces in between—men, women, and monsters struggle to free themselves from conventions and constraints. Landscapes ranging from the farthest reaches of outer space to a sinister and abandoned farmhouse i... Read more

In these 11 stories—and the weird spaces in between—men, women, and monsters struggle to free themselves from conventions and constraints. Landscapes ranging from the farthest reaches of outer space to a sinister and abandoned farmhouse in the middle of nowhere become battlegrounds in which personal and political change comes at enormous cost. Tyranny takes many shapes: Some more subtle than others. In these stories, DeNiro's characters—a telepath, two college students, a writer of political thrillers, the bio-engineered, carnivorous art form Roxy: Shark * Flower—improvise and create their own renditions of freedom. Alan DeNiro is a poet, novelist, and short story writer whose extraordinary and exhilarating second collection explores our relationship to art, history, and the political sphere. Less