Despumation

Despumation #1

by Kriscinda Lee Everitt, Jesse Bullington, Dustin LaValley

Despumation champions fiction that explores the diverse themes metal music customarily addresses using language to evoke the feeling of listening to the music. This issue includes stories inspired by Dio, Voivod, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Meshuggah, and Candlemass, plus stories and poems inspired by the metal scene, metal sounds, and metal concepts.

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 30, 2014

About the author

Kriscinda Lee Everitt is a writer and editor. She’s got a BA in English, with a concentration in 18th and 19th-century Gothic literature from Gettysburg College, and an MFA in fiction, with a concentration on publishing from Chatham University. Her academic writing is mostly zombies and Lovecraft. Her fiction leans towards dark, if not straight up horror. She’s worked mainly in short stories and has had a few publications. She is currently getting ready to publish her first novel, which follows the supernatural and mysterious exploits of Robert Louis Stevenson as he travels through the southern French highlands.

Reviews

[Waffles · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's hard to hate an anthology that cost less than $1.00 on Amazon. There were three stories I liked and the rest I've already forgotten. Not bad for an anthology where I wasn't familiar with any of the authors.