A Dark House: Reviews

“The care Colford has taken is evident throughout this altogether excellent—immediate, sobering, intriguing—collection that examines fallible characters at pivotal moments.” — Brett Josef Grubisic, starred review in Quill and Quire

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“Colford shows ‘respect for the reader’ in his writing, and I would go so far as to think of him as a ‘reader’s writer’ in that through these various stories, he is able to remind those of us who love to read why we do so.” — The Miramichi Reader

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“Every story is rich and absorbing, small windows into wider worlds. With wide-ranging approaches to tone, theme, and characterization, what links these stories as a collection is simply that they’re just so good.” — Pickle Me This

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“There is not a dud in this book. And, having loved his latest novel Perfect World, I am not surprised.” — Consumed by Ink

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“Colford is a hell of a good short-story writer.” — Steve Noyes in The Fiddlehead

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“In the space of the few pages that each of his stories occupies, Colford portrays men, women, and their offspring in haunting descents into personal maelstroms where, despite the odds, they endure and sometimes even triumph over their misfortunes. His voice throughout is measured and wise, and we are fortunate to have his words among us.” — J.A. Wainwright in The Dalhousie Review

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“In the near future, when literary journals, such as this one, become multimedia vehicles, and book reviews arrive as podcasts within them, stories as good Ian Colford’s will warrant forums, rather than a single point of view.” — David B. Hickey in The Antigonish Review

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