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Five Raging Hearts: Splatterpunk for the Soul
Five tales to make your pulse race toward rage and catharsis.
"In this collection, you’ll find a coven of witches taking very direct action to make the world a better place, Nazis trying to bend the ghost of Charles Darwin to their perverted will, queer psychics revealing the true monstrous face of a nation, a suburban conspiracy of men, and a Thanksgiving gone very, very wrong. " - from the introduction by Bitter Karella
A Shift of Lightning by Roxane Llanque
We Sing Our Bodies Monstrotic by Mathew L. Reyes
Not All Men by Wile E. Young
F@ck Your Thanksgiving by Judith Sonnet
Night’s Near With Much Undone by Craig Brownlie
Introduced by Bitter Karella
and cover art by Chris! of Little Ghost Books
"In this collection, you’ll find a coven of witches taking very direct action to make the world a better place, Nazis trying to bend the ghost of Charles Darwin to their perverted will, queer psychics revealing the true monstrous face of a nation, a suburban conspiracy of men, and a Thanksgiving gone very, very wrong. " - from the introduction by Bitter Karella
A Shift of Lightning by Roxane Llanque
We Sing Our Bodies Monstrotic by Mathew L. Reyes
Not All Men by Wile E. Young
F@ck Your Thanksgiving by Judith Sonnet
Night’s Near With Much Undone by Craig Brownlie
Introduced by Bitter Karella
and cover art by Chris! of Little Ghost Books
310 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2025
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December 13, 2025
This collection kept me on my toes.
I especially liked Mathew L. Reyes' piece, We Sing Our Bodies Monstrotic. The satire made confronting a not-so-distant future a little easier, and I closed the story with a sense of triumph. I love Splatterpunk with a generous helping of queer resilience.
I'm still spinning from the gory whiplash Judith Sonnet's F@ck Your Thanksgiving. She's made putting me off my dinner an art form.
Each story is wildly different from the next; the dramatic shifts sometimes felt jarring. Once I knew what to expect, though, I enjoyed the ride.
Thanks so much to Brownlie for sending an advance copy my way. I'm leaving this review of my own accord.
I especially liked Mathew L. Reyes' piece, We Sing Our Bodies Monstrotic. The satire made confronting a not-so-distant future a little easier, and I closed the story with a sense of triumph. I love Splatterpunk with a generous helping of queer resilience.
I'm still spinning from the gory whiplash Judith Sonnet's F@ck Your Thanksgiving. She's made putting me off my dinner an art form.
Each story is wildly different from the next; the dramatic shifts sometimes felt jarring. Once I knew what to expect, though, I enjoyed the ride.
Thanks so much to Brownlie for sending an advance copy my way. I'm leaving this review of my own accord.
February 10, 2026
First off thank you Wile E for the copy of this in exchange for a honest review!
This weather about killed it on the mail delivery but let me just say, worth it!
A Shift of Lighting was well electric haha, but seriously it had me invested and the way Valeria feels the electricity building up felt like the tension building as I read this, freaking fantastic.
F@ck Your Thankgiving had me fucked up in this best way, I am not typically into the whole holiday themed horror situation but something from this was just a chaotic gory*fun* time haha.
Another particular favorite of mine was Not All Men, I know I know really, but yes, this was so damn good and weirdly twisty, I want to say more but will spoil it so keeping my lips zipped, but after reading this one..hm..
I love this little anthology and really think you should pick it up, every one of these are different but in a good way and keep you turning to the next story instead of being able to take a break haha.
This weather about killed it on the mail delivery but let me just say, worth it!
A Shift of Lighting was well electric haha, but seriously it had me invested and the way Valeria feels the electricity building up felt like the tension building as I read this, freaking fantastic.
F@ck Your Thankgiving had me fucked up in this best way, I am not typically into the whole holiday themed horror situation but something from this was just a chaotic gory*fun* time haha.
Another particular favorite of mine was Not All Men, I know I know really, but yes, this was so damn good and weirdly twisty, I want to say more but will spoil it so keeping my lips zipped, but after reading this one..hm..
I love this little anthology and really think you should pick it up, every one of these are different but in a good way and keep you turning to the next story instead of being able to take a break haha.
August 5, 2026
The piece by Judith Sonnet is by far the best. A three-star rating without it. She definitely puts splatter in splatterpunk.
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