Books Received: Matt Bell Collecting, Hall's Sad Stories, Tomine's Optic Nerve Shortcomings, and More!

A small but cool haul today, including Matt Bell's The Collectors, which I'm looking forward to reading along with the winner of the Caketrain contest. You can order these books directly from Caketrain. The Collectors looks a little bit like pseudo-Gothic sprinkled with a little Evenson and Danielewski (I could be wrong). Bell's one to watch. Er, but not like from his lawn or looking in on him from an apartment window or nuthin. That wouldn't be cool. (His address is 1234 Uranium Lane, New Flangiers, IA 45003, though, if you want to try.)