Guises

by Charlee Jacob

Delirium’s second collection by Charlee Jacob features 7 short stories, 3 brand new novelettes and a collection of poetry, Night Unmasked, in the same volume! Charlee is becoming one of the hottest new horror authors on the scene, having just released her mass market debut novel This Symbiotic Fascination through Leisure Books. This new collection showcases her unique talents as one of the premier storytellers of the genre.

Genres: Horror, Collections

318 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Charlee Jacob has been a digger for dinosaur bones, a seller of designer rags, and a cook - to mention only a few things. With more than 950 publishing credits, Charlee has been writing dark poetry and prose for more than 25 years. Some of her recent publishing events include the novel STILL (Necro), the poetry collection HERESY (Necro), and the novel DARK MOODS. She is a three-time Bram Stoker Award winner, two of those awards for her novel DREAD IN THE BEAST and the poetry collection SINEATER; the third award for collaborative poetry collection, VECTORS, with Marge Simon. Permanently disabled, she has begun to paint as one of her forms of phsycial therapy. She lives in Irving, Texas with her husband Jim and a plethora of felines.

Courtesy: http://www.williamcookwriter.com

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the Necro paperback of this collection. Another awesome collection of stories. Some are pretty long. All very original and inventive.

[BeerDiablo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Early works before Charlee's prose became cutting but this is still above an average horror/dark fantasy writer's early works. Bonus in that there's lot's of poetry in the back that holds true to her poetry writing today.

Overall, not as bizarre/macabre as she is currently but in view of her later work, think of this book as a rose in half-bloom.

It's out of print so I'd say this is for completists only and if you can get it for under $15[unless it's hardback]. I found mine used at Half-Price Books and get my books personalized by Charlee at "cons" locally in Dallas, so you see...I couldn't resist.