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Flesh Without Blood: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
How badly do you want to win?
A sequel of sorts to ‘I Believe We Can Win’ which appears in The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu.
Scraps: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A mysterious child and his friends are always hungry. I’m sure they just need a loving home and this will definitely end well.
A story on the verge of being really fascinating- maybe a novella would be a good format?
— Jun 02, 2020 04:30PM
How badly do you want to win?
A sequel of sorts to ‘I Believe We Can Win’ which appears in The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu.
Scraps: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A mysterious child and his friends are always hungry. I’m sure they just need a loving home and this will definitely end well.
A story on the verge of being really fascinating- maybe a novella would be a good format?
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Leslie
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Girls Without Their Faces On: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Sometimes I just have trouble engaging with Laird Barron’s work- this was one of them.
Dr. 999: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2: Told in the form of the product description and reviews of the titular Dr. 999’s eldritch conditioner (as in the stuff you put on your hair after shampoo), this short story rates as one of the best of the bunch on sheer creativity alone.
— Jun 11, 2020 01:35PM
Sometimes I just have trouble engaging with Laird Barron’s work- this was one of them.
Dr. 999: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2: Told in the form of the product description and reviews of the titular Dr. 999’s eldritch conditioner (as in the stuff you put on your hair after shampoo), this short story rates as one of the best of the bunch on sheer creativity alone.
Leslie
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For Our Skin, a Daughter: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Horror lesbians overcome racism and maybe also death?
Houdini:The Egyptian Paradigm: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The last days of Harry Houdini, famous magician, escape artist and skeptic, is haunted by something a little stranger than the ghosts of spiritualism. Lovecraft shows up and talks about the fear of the unknown, which for him was basically any immigrant so
— Jun 10, 2020 09:15PM
Horror lesbians overcome racism and maybe also death?
Houdini:The Egyptian Paradigm: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The last days of Harry Houdini, famous magician, escape artist and skeptic, is haunted by something a little stranger than the ghosts of spiritualism. Lovecraft shows up and talks about the fear of the unknown, which for him was basically any immigrant so
Leslie
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The One About Maggie: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Interesting conception of the space between life and death.
Breakwater: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Now that’s the kind of prep that lets you survive a horror story. Or gives you a fighting chance anyway, because the ending is a friggin cliffhanger!
— Jun 09, 2020 01:09PM
Interesting conception of the space between life and death.
Breakwater: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Now that’s the kind of prep that lets you survive a horror story. Or gives you a fighting chance anyway, because the ending is a friggin cliffhanger!
Leslie
is 60% done
Red Stars/ White Snow/ Black Metal: ⭐️⭐️
Why is it that the worst story in a collection is always one of the longest? This story is definitely the closest to classic Lovecraft, in that its both nonsensical (but not in the fun way) and overwritten.
Shadowmachine: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Almost, but not quite. Maybe a novella would provide enough space to flesh out the characters and world more successfully?
— Jun 09, 2020 12:52PM
Why is it that the worst story in a collection is always one of the longest? This story is definitely the closest to classic Lovecraft, in that its both nonsensical (but not in the fun way) and overwritten.
Shadowmachine: ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Almost, but not quite. Maybe a novella would provide enough space to flesh out the characters and world more successfully?
Leslie
is 60% done
The Choir of the Tunnels: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This gets an extra star for the narrative voice and creative monster. Otherwise pretty basic, but its always nice to read a classic done right.
Amity in Bloom: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Even terrifying plant-succubi understand solidarity.
— Jun 09, 2020 12:44PM
This gets an extra star for the narrative voice and creative monster. Otherwise pretty basic, but its always nice to read a classic done right.
Amity in Bloom: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Even terrifying plant-succubi understand solidarity.
Leslie
is 50% done
I’m really behind on those mini-reviews I like to do for short story collections.
We All Speak Black: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Set in a post-apocalyptic South Africa, and just about every character who makes an appearance is queer. I haven’t finished the book yet, but I bet this is going to be my favorite story of the bunch.
Ain’t Much Pride: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mobsters stuck on a boat. Things get worse.
— Jun 09, 2020 12:38PM
We All Speak Black: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Set in a post-apocalyptic South Africa, and just about every character who makes an appearance is queer. I haven’t finished the book yet, but I bet this is going to be my favorite story of the bunch.
Ain’t Much Pride: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mobsters stuck on a boat. Things get worse.
Leslie
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Yellow House: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A young woman is trapped in her grandparents yellow house. I wonder if this was inspired in any way by ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’?
What Finds its Way Back: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Creepy woods. Convincing character relationships. Maybe even a small conspiracy. What more could you ask for? A more coherent storyline, actually.
— Jun 03, 2020 12:19AM
A young woman is trapped in her grandparents yellow house. I wonder if this was inspired in any way by ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’?
What Finds its Way Back: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Creepy woods. Convincing character relationships. Maybe even a small conspiracy. What more could you ask for? A more coherent storyline, actually.
Leslie
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The Gray Room: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Meh. Predictable plot as a vehicle for some very competent imagery. Maybe avoid drugs the come out of eldritch sculptures of bone and barbed wire.
The Head on the Door: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Again, fine but predictable. This one did a little better with the character building. Also, you actually get an explanation for the supernatural happenings in this one -and it makes sense!
— Jun 02, 2020 12:47PM
Meh. Predictable plot as a vehicle for some very competent imagery. Maybe avoid drugs the come out of eldritch sculptures of bone and barbed wire.
The Head on the Door: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Again, fine but predictable. This one did a little better with the character building. Also, you actually get an explanation for the supernatural happenings in this one -and it makes sense!
