Theaward-winningauthoroftheHexslingerSeries“explorestheworldoffilmandhorrorinawaythatwillleaveyoureeling“(JeffVanderMeer,authoroftheSouthernReachTrilogy).FormerfilmteacherLoisCairnsisstrugglingtoraiseherautisticsonwhilefreelancingasacriticwhen,atascreening,shehappensuponasampledpieceofsilvernitratesilentfootage.SheisabletoconnectittotheearlyworkofMrs.IrisDunloppWhitcomb,thespiritualistandcollectoroffairytaleswhomysteriouslydisappearedfromatraincompartmentin1918.Hopingtomakeherownmarkonthefilmworld,LoisembarksonaprojecttoprovethatWhitcombwasCanada’sfirstfemalefilmmaker.Butherresearchtakesherdownapathnotofdarknessbutoflight--theblindingandsearinglightofafairytalemadeflesh,anoontimedemonwhodemandsthatdutymustbepaid.AsLoisdiscoversterrifyingparallelsbetweenherownlifeandthatofMrs.Whitcomb,shebeginstofearnotjustforherself,butforthoseclosesttoherheart.WinneroftheShirleyJacksonAwardforBestNovel“Oneofthestandouthorrornovelsof2015...Fromanauthorwhohasalreadyestablishedherselfasoneofthegenre’smostoriginalandinnovativevoices,ExperimentalFilmisaremarkableachievement.“--LosAngelesReviewofBooks“ExperimentalFilmrepresentsthenext,significantcontributiontowhatisemergingasoneofthemostinterestingandexcitingbodiesofworkcurrentlybeingproducedinthehorrorfield.Everyfilm,LoisCairnswrites,isanexperiment.Thesamemightbesaidofeverynovel.Thisonesucceeds,wildly.“--Locus“ExperimentalFilmissensational.Whenwespeakofthebestincontemporaryhorrorandweirdfiction,wemustspeakofGemmaFiles.“--LairdBarron“[ExperimentalFilmis]trulyunnerving.Thisisatoo-oftenoverlookedpostmoderngem.“--Esquire,“The50BestHorrorBooksofAllTime“
