Day of the Dead

by Victoria A. Brownworth

City of dreams. City of nightmares. Heat-soaked days. Rain-filled nights. Shadowy figures vanishing into swirling fog. City of promise, of heartbreak and despair. City of passion, obsession and vengeance. City of innocents--stalked by the ravenous dead. Slip into the shadows of New Orleans' deepest nights, where the unsuspecting encounter the netherworld of predators of legend. Especially on days of St. Lucy's Day, Guy Fawkes' Day, All Hallows Eve, Twelfth Night. Most of all, the Day of the Dead. This is when the dying Maeve will find Rita--who changes everything, including fate. When Miranda Kent, on a very specific hunt in the French Quarter, will overturn lives irrevocably. When Mischa and Raisa, caught between worlds, will find themselves no longer helpless. When scientist Dr. Lily Sahkret will have her every belief challenged by a mysterious band of nuns waging the most ancient and desperate of battles. And, lurking beyond them all, is the woman poised to conquer all, a woman named Katrina. Lock the doors. And even then, read these tales at your peril.

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Victoria A. Brownworth was an American journalist, writer, and editor. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, she wrote numerous award-winning articles about AIDS in women, children, and people of color. She was the first person in the United States to write a column about lesbianism in a daily newspaper.
In 1983, Brownworth reported on the "corruption at a Philadelphia based social service agency." She also won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery for her 2016 novel Ordinary Mayhem.
Brownworth used "she" and "they" pronouns.

Reviews

[Shomeret · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were some stories in this anthology that I liked very much especially "A Dying Fall". The phrase "matryoshka heart" was particularly memorable. Yet other stories lost their way. They were bogged down in making political statements to the detriment of the plot and characters. Unfortunately, the novella length piece, "Fever" was the weakest.

[Shinynickel]

Off this review: http://asknicola.blogspot.com/2009/10...

[Jeannie Sloan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful ghostly tales for women and men.

[Maddy Gold · Rating 5 out of 5]

fantastic read