Not only is Gary A. Braunbeck a five time winner of the Bram Stoker Award but he is my new all time favorite author, surpassing Clive Barker. I just finished reading 'Far Dark Fields', one of his Cedar Hill Ohio novels accompanying such epic titles as 'Coffin County' and my favorite novel 'Mr.Hands'. 'Far Dark Fields' is a bout a high school English teacher who finds himself hallucinating and having weird dreams after a teenager goes on a shooting rampage. Why is he having these weird feelings? What connection does the shooting have to his past? Braunbeck reveals these secrets in a way only a master writer can do. He easily plays with peoples fears and reveals the deepest, darkest corners of human existence. Through his vivid imagery and stunning use of language, he creates his own unique world that draws you in and doesn't let go until every ounce of your sanity is drained. Gary A. Braunbeck has one of the most unique writing styles I have ever read. He goes to those places that while we are reading, we beg him not to go. I cannot stress enough how much every reader of this website needs to go out and pick up a copy of 'Mr.Hands' or any of Braunbeck's other astounding novels. i for one will not stop until I have read every one of his novels and short stories. Gary A. Braunbeck is truly the writer I wish i could be. 
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