The line between madness and greatness is as delicate as a golden silk thread.
It’s a tricky balancing act to dance upon this fragile line for those seeking greatness. An outsider may perceive the endeavor as wandering a road toward insanity and crumbling dreams. However, in the eyes of the beholder, they don’t see themselves as walking a tightrope between genius and insanity but rather paving a road to success— where no expense is spared.
Madness and Greatness Can Share the Same Face is a collection of thirteen dark fiction tales that spiderweb across space and time to explore the line where, with a step, one can be pitched into the realm of greatness or depths of madness.
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In Madness and Greatness Can Share the Same Face, Amanda Headlee shines as a virtuoso of the short form in thirteen studies of trauma that twist and terrify. With her characters dangling over sink holes, trapped in infested spaceships, and clutching at straws, Headlee mines the human condition with prescience and pathos.
—Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of Grotesque: Monster Stories
What a wonderful web Headlee weaves in her first short story collection, filled with frights and the sort of sights not meant for eyes. Each ghastly tale builds upon the next, many of them containing interwoven plots, characters, and places, leading to horrific outcomes. Keep an eye on this writer; she’s one to watch.
—Kenneth W. Cain, author of Hell, Delaware and editor of Never Wake and October Screams
Delightfully dark and often packed with emotion, Amanda Headlee’s collection is a must-own. A hiking trip gone awry, a heartbreaking bout with killer sharks and more. There’s something for everyone here.
—Robert P. Ottone, author of The Vile Thing We Created and the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Triangle
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