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Morbidologies
Why?
People grow uneasy without reasons, without an answer to every question. We demand it. We crave it. It is an utterly human curse.
“He cut off their heads and baked them with pumpkin spice…”
Why?
“He chopped the old man to bits and hid the remains under the floorboards…”
Why?
Wonder and wander together through the pages of Morbidologies, which collects thirteen answers to such questions—twelve stories and one poem—from some of today’s hottest authors. But be wary. Some questions have answers you won’t like.
Some answers become morbidologies, for frequently there is no good reason "why."
There is only this dark world, calling us to look closer and closer, until we realize the only true answer is simply because.
People grow uneasy without reasons, without an answer to every question. We demand it. We crave it. It is an utterly human curse.
“He cut off their heads and baked them with pumpkin spice…”
Why?
“He chopped the old man to bits and hid the remains under the floorboards…”
Why?
Wonder and wander together through the pages of Morbidologies, which collects thirteen answers to such questions—twelve stories and one poem—from some of today’s hottest authors. But be wary. Some questions have answers you won’t like.
Some answers become morbidologies, for frequently there is no good reason "why."
There is only this dark world, calling us to look closer and closer, until we realize the only true answer is simply because.
- GenresHorror
234 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 24, 2023
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January 16, 2024
An Awesome Anthology!
I had a lot of fun with this one. I enjoyed all these stories, but my favorites were "Carly's Wish," "Beyond the Red Door," "3:00 Meating," and "The Great Momentum of Doubt." Highly recommended!
I had a lot of fun with this one. I enjoyed all these stories, but my favorites were "Carly's Wish," "Beyond the Red Door," "3:00 Meating," and "The Great Momentum of Doubt." Highly recommended!
November 5, 2023
Morbidologies is an excellent anthology, with a great selection of stories and authors. Every story worked for me, but as always, some blew me away. Beyond the Red Door by Craig Wallwork, and Carly's Wish by Andrew Cull, are two of the best short stories I've read in awhile. Wow. Shane D. Keene's poem, Morbidologies, opens the anthology with a glorious bang. Stunning piece of poetry. These are the other stories that stood out...
~Pluck by Sonora Taylor
~The Great Momentum of Doubt by John F.D. Taff
~In Mouning, She Wakes Again by Eric LaRocca
~3:00 Meating by Chad Lutzke
~Pluck by Sonora Taylor
~The Great Momentum of Doubt by John F.D. Taff
~In Mouning, She Wakes Again by Eric LaRocca
~3:00 Meating by Chad Lutzke
December 4, 2023
Many horror anthologies seem derivative, focussing on gore or blunt action without really getting inside a person's head, without making you think. But this collection of stories is different - taking you to the darkest and grimmest places without let up, at times disturbed and psychotic, but always entertaining.
Do I have favourites? Yes, I do. Shane D. Keene's poem, Morbidologies, is the perfect introduction, Sonora Taylor's Pluck, Beyond the Red Door by Craig Wallwork, In Mourning she Wakes Again by Eric LaRocca, and John F.D. Taff's, The Great Momentum of Doubt are my top choices - but in all honesty, they are all equally good. Today, it's this batch that stuck with me, on another day I might declare others as favourites, regardless, it's one of the best anthologies I've read this year.
Do I have favourites? Yes, I do. Shane D. Keene's poem, Morbidologies, is the perfect introduction, Sonora Taylor's Pluck, Beyond the Red Door by Craig Wallwork, In Mourning she Wakes Again by Eric LaRocca, and John F.D. Taff's, The Great Momentum of Doubt are my top choices - but in all honesty, they are all equally good. Today, it's this batch that stuck with me, on another day I might declare others as favourites, regardless, it's one of the best anthologies I've read this year.
October 8, 2023
Horror is both social commentary and an exploration of personal fears, but Morbidologies has something else that makes it an enjoyable read. Reminiscent of EC-style horror, the book serves up unbridled glee alongside scenes of the absurd and grotesque. In fact, many of the stories operate in a format similar to the Tales from the Crypt series. Stories ooze a kind of justice or comeuppance, contain twists, and several go for the classic deviant punchline combined with a ghoulish, sometimes stinging, gross-out. Though the format is traditional, the subject matter is contemporary.
You can read Stephen McClurg's full review at Horror DNA by clicking here.
You can read Stephen McClurg's full review at Horror DNA by clicking here.
October 27, 2023
When I started the book, I got through the first five stories and realized something. These are the types of stories that you read and enjoy, but they haunt you because there are so many layers to them that your mind doesn’t want to let them go. You keep thinking about each of them, playing them out in your head as small details resurface, leaving behind little aha moments. Each story focuses on an obsession, and you might just find yourself a little obsessed, too.
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November 17, 2023
I can't give high enough praise for this collection. All the stories fit so nicely with one another, and I frickin love Shane Keene's unique style of punch-poetry. This collection houses stories that focus on obsessions taken to the extreme. I really enjoyed the Third Shannon by Janz and Wendy Wagner's No God of Bread or Debts. Also, the cover art for this just beautiful, it looks terrible good on my shelf!
December 10, 2024
Review to come.
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