INLORE review from Joanna Jeanine Schmidt

INLORE, a novella by N. Casio Poe, is an experiment in intertextuality and the blurring of lines between reality, fiction, and fantasy. A collage of quotes from various sources—newspaper articles, books, erotic videos, and website excerpts, among others—gives form to the aphoristic prose throughout the book. These fragments and Poe's own narratives form a chronicle that defies traditional notions of character development. The plot progression presents an abstract exploration of the dark aspects of the enigmatic figure known in the book as Ren Calow, a would-be director with a focus on a series of what the novella describes as the "Inlore Slayings." Calow, a guerrilla-style filmmaker, eventually shelves his film concerning victims that range from Louisiana to Florida.

JJS

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