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Revolve: Door Volume II
How do you close a revolving door? Revolve is a revolving door of thirteen tales that reimagine horror classics from Frankenstein to fairy tales, including La Strega Ragna, fan favorite from Next Door (Door Volume I) and twelve new works. Short stories like
Sip
that look at Jekyll & Hyde from the other side,
Stuck
is influenced by The Yellow Wallpaper, and Bite Me is for vampire fans. Fairy tale nightmares
Growth Spurt,
Beauty Sleep, and
Careful
explore women taking their bodies back.
All the Way to the Top
helps the mediocre male find his place in the zombie cannon and
revolve again
tells us we are right there with him.
Emily's Last Ride
and
Cell Number 34
are flash fiction 'what ifs', while
Nails
may have your checking the locks on your windows. And finally the contents of a file make the novella The Forge - a deep dive into an underwater laboratory and the sinkhole of a mother's regret.
No one gets out without going in
to find the end you have to begin
old tales lay grieving, tales have turned true
leave them behind and they cling to you
vampires werewolves witches brew
fairy tales and poems you thought you knew
just for a moment, the veil is torn
spin into a world of classics reborn
round you go, then round once more
how do you close a revolving door?
no one gets out, without going in.
Revolve is the second in a series of short story collections by Kimberly Davis Basso. Print copies can be purchased directly from the author via kimberlydavisbasso.com or kimberlydavisbasso.bigcartel.com
No one gets out without going in
to find the end you have to begin
old tales lay grieving, tales have turned true
leave them behind and they cling to you
vampires werewolves witches brew
fairy tales and poems you thought you knew
just for a moment, the veil is torn
spin into a world of classics reborn
round you go, then round once more
how do you close a revolving door?
no one gets out, without going in.
Revolve is the second in a series of short story collections by Kimberly Davis Basso. Print copies can be purchased directly from the author via kimberlydavisbasso.com or kimberlydavisbasso.bigcartel.com
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Published September 13, 2024
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Kimberly Davis Basso
5 books47 followersHello! The best way to reach me is via my website, www.KimberlyDavisBasso.com. I also lurk around on twitter and instagram @KDBWrites on occasion. Thanks for stopping by, here's a few bits about me, written in third person so I sound important:
Kimberly Davis Basso is a writer, director, playwright, educator and spokesperson. Born and raised in New England she now resides in Los Angeles with her husband, children, and the many pets her children adopt. Current count of three dogs, three cats, and whatever her son just brought in from the garden.
Please get in touch in whatever digital form makes you happy, you can message me but best is email, KDBassoWrites@gmail.com
All the social platforms: @KDBWrites
(IG, Twitter, FB, Mastodon, Hive, carrier pigeons, little notes wadded up and passed during class. Get in touch) but if you want to talk Shakespeare, I'm @atwasinc on Instagram. Or just email me. Write me a letter for crying out loud all I get are bills. Thanks! Have a clot free day!
Have a clot free day!
Kimberly Davis Basso is a writer, director, playwright, educator and spokesperson. Born and raised in New England she now resides in Los Angeles with her husband, children, and the many pets her children adopt. Current count of three dogs, three cats, and whatever her son just brought in from the garden.
Please get in touch in whatever digital form makes you happy, you can message me but best is email, KDBassoWrites@gmail.com
All the social platforms: @KDBWrites
(IG, Twitter, FB, Mastodon, Hive, carrier pigeons, little notes wadded up and passed during class. Get in touch) but if you want to talk Shakespeare, I'm @atwasinc on Instagram. Or just email me. Write me a letter for crying out loud all I get are bills. Thanks! Have a clot free day!
Have a clot free day!
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February 12, 2025
Rating: 5 / 5
REVOLVE by Kimberly Davis Basso is the author's second short story collection. This one draws inspiration from the classics in horror literature and fairytales and more. The collection is made up of twelve short stories and one short novella, each with a different take on the genre.
I really had a good time making this my first story collection of 2025 and reading it over the course of a couple of weeks. I loved the variety the collection contains and the glimpses of familiar stories while also feeling like they were entirely true. Among my favorites, we had the story of a vampire who is struggling in the modern era to convince young women to come back to his lair to be his dinner. I also really enjoyed the slightly longer format novella which delves into a mother's relationship with her son in a unique setting.
This is an author who writes fantastic nonfiction and fiction alike and I can't wait to see what she brings us next!
REVOLVE by Kimberly Davis Basso is the author's second short story collection. This one draws inspiration from the classics in horror literature and fairytales and more. The collection is made up of twelve short stories and one short novella, each with a different take on the genre.
I really had a good time making this my first story collection of 2025 and reading it over the course of a couple of weeks. I loved the variety the collection contains and the glimpses of familiar stories while also feeling like they were entirely true. Among my favorites, we had the story of a vampire who is struggling in the modern era to convince young women to come back to his lair to be his dinner. I also really enjoyed the slightly longer format novella which delves into a mother's relationship with her son in a unique setting.
This is an author who writes fantastic nonfiction and fiction alike and I can't wait to see what she brings us next!
July 20, 2024
“….vampires, werewolves witches brew
fairy tales and poems you thought you knew
just for a moment, the veil is torn
spin into a world of classics reborn
round you go, then round once more,
how do you close a revolving door?
no-one gets out without going in.”
~ Kimberly Davis Basso
Just me sitting here in broad daylight, getting creeped the hell out by @Kdbwrites short story horror collection.
Revolve is thirteen unsettling, deliciously dark humored and twisted tales that are based on our favorite horror classics and fairytales. Each story draws you in right from the start, almost so seemingly normal that you forget you’re reading horror. But then a sense of unease begins to gnaw at you and you grow more unsettled, wondering where this tale is going until you reach the disturbing, twisted end, suddenly relieved it’s over…and yet eagerly turning the page for the next story.
My personal favorites were Bite Me (yep! a modern day take on Dracula) and Stuck, based on the short story, The Yellow Wallpaper.
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