The Cipher

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Nicholas is a would-be poet and video-store clerk with a weeping hole in his hand - weeping not blood, but a plasma of tears...

It began with Nakota and her crooked grin. She had to see the dark hole in the storage room down the hall. She had to make love to Nicholas beside it, and stare into its secretive, promising depths. Then Nakota began her experiments: First, she put an insect into the hole. Then a mouse...

Now from down the hall, the black hole calls out …

356 pages

Langue : English

Publié 4 janvier 1991 par Dell.

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Critiques

Compelling and puzzling

I don't normally like horror, especially body horror, and there was plenty of it in this. However, the mystery kept me coming back. I wanted to know more about the Funhole. Ultimately there was a lot I still didn't know, so I don't know how satisfying it was, but it was still a good read. Worth noting that the ebook version was really riddled with typos, but it kind of worked with the gradual unraveling of the protagonist's mental state.