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Falling Over Kindle Edition

by James Everington (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
Sometimes when you fall over you don’t get up again. And sometimes, you get up to find everything has changed:

An ordinary man who sees his face in a tabloid newspaper. A soldier haunted by the images of those he has killed from afar. Two petty criminals on the run from a punishment more implacable than either of them can imagine. Doppelgängers both real and imaginary. A tranquil English village where those who don’t fit in really aren't welcome, and a strange hotel where second chances are allowed… at a price.

Ten stories of unease, fear and the weird from James Everington.


"Good writing gives off fumes, the sort that induce dark visions, and Everington’s elegant, sophisticated prose is a potent brew. Imbibe at your own risk." - Robert Dunbar, author of The Pines and Martyrs & Monsters.

"The horror angle in the stories is almost always a metaphor for other things – loneliness, fear, isolation, regret. The word “haunting” really does double duty here... Beautifully written, evocative, masterful...what shines through these stories is the author’s love of language." Red Adept Reviews, 2011 Indie Awards Short Story category.

"Everington is excellent at evoking a mounting sense of unease, turning to dread, that close, oppressive feeling when everything is still and ordinary, but the whole world is filled with the sense that something huge and terrible is just about to happen." Iain Rowan, author of One Of Us and Nowhere To Go.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ infinity plus
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 9, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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"The triumph of Everington’s first novel is that, while hinting at lofty literary precedents, it cumulatively takes on an unsettling voice all of its own." The Guardian review of The Quarantined City

Whenever I have to write an author bio for anthology or something, I send them something like this:

James Everington mainly writes dark, supernatural fiction, although he occasionally takes a break and writes dark, non-supernatural fiction. His second collection of such tales, Falling Over, is out now from Infinity Plus.

He’s also the author of The Quarantined City, an episodic novel mixing Borgesian strangeness with supernatural horror—“an unsettling voice all of its own” The Guardian—the novellas Paupers’ Graves and The Shelter, and the mini-collection Trying To Be So Quiet & Other Hauntings. Alongside Dan Howarth, he has co-edited the anthologies The Hyde Hotel, Pareidolia (Black Shuck Books) and the BFS Award nominated Imposter Syndrome (Dark Minds Press).

Oh, and he drinks Guinness, if anyone's asking.

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  • Brian Kaufman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rabbit Hole Review - Eerie and Disturbing
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2014
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    Scary books frightened the crap out of me when I was a kid. Children have no problem suspending disbelief, because kids believe everything. Adults have a difficult time tapping into the same pure vein. In an age of sexy witches, sparkling vampires and family-pet zombies, it’s getting harder to find a good scare. Authors must tap the eerie, the disturbing and the atmospheric. These are the words I’d use to describe James Everington’s Falling Over.

    Falling Over is a collection of short fiction (one as brief as a few paragraphs; the others are longer). I found these stories horrifying, though they are not all strictly horror. The tile story is a case in point. Taken literally, Falling Over is a “body snatcher” story. Or it’s about growing up and finding your place in the world. Or it’s about losing your soul. Take your pick. The story is told first person; the author’s sense of voice is pitch perfect, depicting a college student suffering though a school break with a few fellow classmates.

    Some of the tales fall into the category of supernatural horror, though never in a conventional way. Drones is a terrific take on modern warfare-from-a-distance. The final lines of the tale struck me as one of the best gut-punch endings I’ve read, in part because of Everington’s understated delivery.

    Having worked in the corporate world as a mid-level manager, I found New Boy particularly disturbing. The story elements include a tragedy, a doppelganger and the usual raft of professional outrages, from whispers and plots to suspensions and terminations. As with each story in this collection, Everington’s prose matches the tale at hand. New Boy applies a straight-forward, no-nonsense style to increasingly bizarre circumstance. I had corporate flashbacks.

    Sick Leave features whispers too—the secrets of school children. Emma is a first-year teacher who returns from a bout with an undetermined illness. In her absence, a substitute teacher worked a profound change on her class. A dead aunt, a class that behaves too well, a smarmy schoolmaster and the bubonic plague inform the plot. (Take a moment to reread that short list of ingredients to get a hint of how unusual these tales are.)

    Everington’s stories are off. The everyday settings are deceiving, because there’s something abnormal lurking around every corner. Worse, the tales are sticky. They cling to you like flypaper. I can’t promise these tales will scare you. But they sure as hell will disturb you. (Five stars out of five)
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  • Char
    4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Collection of Weird Fiction!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2013
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    4.5 stars!

    I've been a fan of James Everington for a couple of years now. I very much enjoyed his other short story collection The Other Room, (I still think about one story-A Writer's Words often),as well as his work with the Abominable Gentlemen on the Penny Dreadnoughts. Penny Dreadnought: Omnibus! Volume 1. I was excited to read this new collection. Once again, Mr. Everington sucked me in with his intriguing and intelligent stories.

    There were a few stories within that worked exceptionally well for me and here they are:

    "The Time Of Their Lives"-If you had a chance to turn back time, would you? Even if that meant regaining the petty jealousies of the young? I thought this story was extremely well written and I have entire paragraphs highlighted on my Kindle. 5*

    "Haunted"-This was a flash fiction story (100 words) that I thought was very cool. 4*

    "The Man Dogs Hated"-I think this story is the definition of weird fiction. There is some commentary within about small town communities and prejudices... and just plain weirdness. I liked it! 4*

    "Sick Leave"-My favorite story of this collection. A teacher returns to school after a long illness. It was weird, foggy and creepy- complete with schoolchildren acting strangely. Seriously, I shuddered more than a few times reading this one. 5*

    "Drones"-This story came in a close second to Sick Leave. Have you ever wondered about the actual people behind the drone? This story will suck you right in if you have. It would probably suck you in, even if you haven't. 5*

    At the end of this collection, Mr. Everington includes some tidbits about how the stories came about. I always enjoy reading how a story was created and I especially like that the explanation comes at the end, rather than the beginning. There were a few typos in this collection, not enough for me to stop enjoying it, but enough to reduce my rating by .5.

    I eagerly await anything else Mr. Everington wants to put out there! His fiction is hard to categorize-there are no set parameters, and that's the way I like it. If this collection sounds intriguing to you, I think you will enjoy it. Give it a shot!
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  • Online shopper
    5.0 out of 5 stars An original and perfection collection
    Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2014
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    I would describe James Everington’s stories like a walk through the cemetery alone, and you turn around to ground fog that has come seemingly from nowhere, and you don’t know what it means, if anything at all, but you still sense something wrong about it. The stuff of classic horror.

    The first story, “Falling Over,” which sets the tone of the book, is a fine example of the alien among us. The MC knows there is something different about a classmate, and pinpointing that difference may be even more frightening than not. The atmosphere in the story is incredibly convincing and the horror so subtle, it has already sank into you by the time you sense it.

    “The Man Dogs Hated,” just bizarre and equally satisfying. “Sick Leave” is as creepy as it gets with the children in one teacher’s class overtaken by something dark and unnatural. “Drone,” is thrilling as it is unsettling, and masterfully depicts how one soldier deals with guilt and the inevitable that may be coming.

    What each of these stories has in common, besides originality, literal goodness, and perfect endings, is how well they are executed. You never expect what is coming next, and the flow the stories, in all the fine details, are effortless to read, something all writers know is a true talent. I would recommend this collection to anyone and everyone.
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  • Phil Sloman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. ‘The Time of Their Lives’ is a story ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2017
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    There are times when you read a new author’s work and you simply sit back and admire. This is one of those times.

    James Everington’s ‘Falling Over’ is a collection of weird tales pulled together from previous solo publications. You can clearly see the influences of Ramsey Campbell, Robert Aickman and Algernon Blackwood throughout, building suspense from the everyday, leaving you not fully sure of where you are heading until the subtle, powerful culmination.

    ‘Ever since Michelle has come back from the hospital, I’ve not been sure it’s really her.’ And so opens, Falling Over, our titular story, a tale of uncertainty and deception. Set in a halls of residence, we meet four students during the holidays. Paranoia pervades the pages of the story from the outset and is handled extremely well throughout. Relationships develop and fray, hints of ‘pod people’ come through and uncertainty reigns. A solid opening to the collection.

    ‘Fate, Destiny and a Fat Man from Arkansa’s is about trying to outrun fate when faced with an inevitable, inescapable destiny. Two thieves are driving away from last night’s robbery, ready to sell the stolen religious paraphernalia to any willing client. Both are disturbed by dreams of a fat man from Arkansas, a portent of a future which they need to escape. A neat little story, which works well.

    ‘New Boy’ plagues us with the impersonal drudge of the office, shown through the eyes of a ‘manager’. The overriding plot concerns the aftermath of an ‘incident’, the manager returning from enforced leave to deal with the fall out. The underlying current is one of identity and power, the slow deterioration of a man losing control. Excellent.

    ‘The Time of Their Lives’ is a story of trying to recapture your youth. Vince and Alice meet on holiday at a hotel with their respective grandparents.Around them everyone is old and getting more so, yet there is hope in the hotel if the owners will let you stay. But what happens in the evenings?

    ‘The Man who Dogs Hated’ is a clever little piece about societal cliques, the unwanted ‘man’ who moves into a Stepford-esque estate where money is status and status is everything. Shorter than the rest of the stories, this works well but concluded slightly earlier than I would have liked.

    ‘Sick Leave’ is a wonderfully dark story about children, their teacher and the plague;the song Ring a ring a roses used to its full gory interpretation. Emma, back from sick leave to her teaching role, finds the pupils bolder, more confident. But why are children going missing and what does this mean for her?

    ‘Drones’ delivers a remote soldier sending automated drones in to kill zones. Detached from the action, what happens when your victims come a calling? A stark view of the realities of modern warfare.

    ‘Public Interest Story’ is dark, taking us mob handed into a world of judgement and condemnation based on hysteria. Joel awakes to an angry gathering outside his house, mutterings of hatred and a newspaper headline he cannot quite make out. The world is out to get him and he doesn’t quite know why.

    Aside from two pieces of flash fiction which didn’t need to be included (good in their own right but unnecessary), there isn’t a bad story among the collection. The writing style is excellent, sketching out the minutiae whilst making every word count and showing a maturity of writing you would expect from a more seasoned professional. Throughout, Everington takes the role of social commentator as well as raconteur, looking in the dark places of society and dragging forth what he finds with chilling accuracy. He is without a doubt an author to watch, a burgeoning talent we are likely to be talking about in years to come.
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  • book enthusiast
    4.0 out of 5 stars excellent writing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2013
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    First off, I normally don't write reviews on Amazon, but this collection of short stories is so outstanding that I just had to write one. I first came across James' work, having read The Shelter. I then read The Other Room which was just as good.
    As for Falling Over, I really appreciate the hard work that went into writing the individual stories. One of James' great strength is the creation of atmospheres that captivate (and stay with) the reader's imagination. And this takes a lot of work. On this note, one of my favourite stories in Falling Over is Sick Leave. I love how Emma's sickness merges with the gloomy weather, and how both the weather and her poor health form part of a greater mystery. Very elegantly constructed - a triumvirate of gloominess. Personally, perhaps because I've spent a long time in university myself, James' writing really excels in stories that deal with adolescence and college life. Falling Over in this volume and When the Walls Bend in The Other Room fall into this category, and are amongst my all time favourite short stories! I would love to see more of this in the future.
    So in conclusion, keep up the great work James! I really had an excellent time reading Falling Over. And man, Sick Leave was really creepy. It'll stay with me for a long while, just like When the Walls Bend!
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  • Maria Savva
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful "weird fiction"
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2014
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    A great collection of 'weird fiction'. I was looking forward to reading this book, having enjoyed James Everington's debut collection The Other Room.

    In this book, each of the stories is very different yet all seem to revolve around the idea that things are not always as they seem.

    All the stories are well written and absorbing. The author gets into the minds of the characters very well. The themes include, reality versus fantasy, dreams, paranoia, the power of the media, war. The tales are always unpredictable, and sometimes quite unexpected, but all will make you think and question the world around you.

    Well worth a read.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars The here and now
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2016
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    I very much liked this collection with the stories set in a familiar place. The characters are people I could pass in the street, events could happen next door. That sense brings another layer of chilling to the tales.

    After reading the stories New Boy, Drones and Public Interest Story, I had to put the Kindle down and take breather. They had been so poignant there was a resonance with TV social media. Tales of horror to make make the reader pause and think.
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  • Erik Hofstatter
    5.0 out of 5 stars "Hugely atmospheric, rich with detail and suitably bleak."
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2014
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    I must admit, I tend to stay away from short story collections as I prefer to escape into longer pieces but I made an exception with ‘Falling Over’ - and I’m so glad I did!

    These stories are hugely atmospheric, rich with detail and suitably bleak. James’s prose is intelligent and his story telling will keep you guessing, speculating until the very end.

    Some stories I enjoyed more than others but that’s always the case with collected works – all however, were exceptionally written and intriguing. ‘Sick Leave’ and ‘Public Interest Story’ were my personal favourites. Great stuff!
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