NPR.org
What makes We Will All Go Down Together so riveting isn’t its ideas or imagery, as richly atmospheric and detailed as they are. It’s the author’s voice. Colorful, powerful, and charismatic, her characters are rendered in bold strokes and poignant nuances…Across continents and centuries, the ghost-magic of Dourvale still cuts and pastes the fabric of reality.”
praise for the author Los Angeles Review of Books
One of the genre’s most original and innovative voices.”
Paul Tremblay
Gemma Files’s stories are always so smart and humane, and overwhelm the reader with a true sense of wonder, awe, and horror. She is, simply put, one of the most powerful and unique voices in weird fiction today.”
From the Publisher
Praise for Gemma Files
“ Experimental Film is sensational. When we speak of the best in contemporary horror and weird fiction, we must speak of Gemma Files.”
—Laird Barron
“Gemma Files has one of the great dark imaginations in fiction—visionary, transgressive, and totally original. With this new novel [ Experimental Film ], Files explores the world of film and horror in a way that will leave you reeling. A smart, sharp page-turner with heart and depth.”
—Jeff VanderMeer
“Gemma’s been producing top-notch horror stories for years, and her weird Western Hexslinger trilogy is chock full of hellish horrors.”
—Mike Allen
“I am surely addicted, and this new addiction has a name–Gemma Files. We had company over the weekend, company I adore and hadn’t seen in a year, and I still snuck in bits of this audio book. The author spins together imagery that is breath-taking in both beauty and terror.”
—A Dab of Darkness (audiobook review)
Entertainment Weekly
a vivid, haunting mix of horror and fantasy woven together through a complex fugue of short stories. The effect is powerful. It's a book you have to work hard at, in order to make sure you're not missing any of the peripheral connections. But it rewards the effort, and then some.
