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A truly beautiful, twisted, tragic, violent little horror book. I absolutely loved everything about it. It's fantastically creative. Anything written by Drew Huff is a must read for me from now on. ...more
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This one took me a while to get through because whew it is densely intricate, surreal, and esoteric, and thus required the full use of my mental faculties. My goodness though ... It's a beautiful Lovecraftian love letter, and the found document/fou ...more
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LOVE! Feminist body horror at its finest. Absolutely fantastic! I loved everything about this book: the slow unraveling of the main character's psyche, the folk horror elements, the clues sprinkled throughout. The body horror aspect was unique and we ...more
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A.C. Hessenauer liked David Slater's review of MANIMAL: "Imagine series one of True Detective set in a Hellboy world full of magic and monsters. Sound good? Then Manimal is the book for you! Hessenauer has a great ability to take something that should be pulpy fun and elevate it with her writing to somethin" Read more of this review »
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