The Witnesses Are Gone by Joel Lane (Patron Only Early-Access)
"Objectively speaking, his films don't exist."
- Will Padgett in "The Witnesses are Gone" by Joel Lane
A short novella by the British horror/weird fiction author Joel Lane about a man who discovers a bootleg copy of an obscure French director that sets him on a path of total dissolution.
Links:
Mike Hill's Podcast "Everything Went Black": https://open.spotify.com/show/7yNTykOtTn2Vy3XJ129Zwz?si=4966ec5e184f42c4
Everything Went Black BTF Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Z3qnMpm7Xb5lPJFGgWarU?si=8945c467ec0547aa
Simon Bestwick on Joel Lane: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/joel-lane/
Comments (1)
I know a guy who runs a bookshop in Birmingham who knew Joel Lane. A real character apparently, and it's great to hear that it comes through in his writing. I'll definitely have to check this out.