Entropic

Reviews

“Writing about the body is difficult because bodies are difficult: they are beautiful and awkward, strong and vulnerable, and if they frame the soul, they also house a host of unspiritual urges. Entropic, R.W. Gray’s second collection of short stories after 2010’s Crisp, is all about the body, and Gray hones in on all of these contradictions with writing that is as visceral and demanding as its subject.” — Julienne Isaacs, The Winnipeg Review

“The poetic, but otherworldly, stories of the Prince Rupert-reared and Fredericton-based author situate themselves at the far edges of realism, where normal routines and concerns bleed into the unsteady ground of their shadowy counterparts.” — Brett Joseph Grubisic, The Vancouver Sun

“[W]hen Gray is good he's very good, his modern parables peeling off layers of convention to get at subconscious truths, submerged archetypes, and emotions.” — Alex Good, Quill & Quire

“Entropic is executed with Cronenbergian deviance, raising tingly questions about the ways lack and absence manifest.” — Shazia Hafiz Ramji, Canadian Literature

“Gray’s world is populated with unique characters. Although their circumstances are strange, their emotional experiences are completely understandable.” — Bruce Cinnamon, Alberta Views