Already the Flames

Already the Flames explores the position of those complicit in suffering or compelled to observe it in a world that appears ruled by malice or chance. The early sections are shadowed by the figure of Apollyon, the demon who attacks Bunyan''s pilgrim. Hauntings, entrapment and escape are themes that weave in and out.

The book moves towards an ambiguous release in the realm of the personal. The colle...