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Title: Kissing Carrion by Gemma Files ISBN: 1-894815-63-7 Publisher: Prime Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Horror for people who appreciate real horror
Comment: I hate horror. I never read the stuff and I read this anthology in one sitting. That's how good it is.
Gemma Files knows what makes a good horror story. Horror is the only genre in which a hero is not rewarded for his insight and change. Instead, he pays a dear price for his newfound knowledge. In the most unpleasant, visceral and terrifying manner possible. Kind of like real life. The irony of horror is that in many ways this unreal genre of storytelling is also one of the most realistic.
Gemma Files knows this. Her writing is deep, insightful, meaningful. Often, the first few lines or paragraphs offer some of the greatest insights I've ever read and the story's just started! Trust me, there's usually more by the end of each of her twisted tales.
The most horrific monsters are always human. Gemma Files also knows this. Nothing a vampire or a werewolf or a Jason or a Freddy Kreuger can do compares to the horrors a human has, can and will do. Just read "Keepsake" and "Mouthful of Pins" for confirmation of this.
Love is terrifying. It scares the hell out of people. Of course, if love is terrifying then sex is truly horrific. And mean. And nasty. Conversely well-done horror is absolutely sexy. Gemma Files also knows this. The titular opener, "Kissing Carrion," sets the pace with a nice little romance about a man looking for his one true love. He also happens to be a necrophiliac. Ah, true love.
Gemma's strength is her ability to extract the absolute horror from love and its lesser sibling obsession as demonstrated in "Keepsake," in which a woman adoringly takes care of her sick younger brother only to find that there are some diseases which have absolutely no cure; "Rose-Sick," which will make you think twice about eternal love; "Torch Song," in which a love spell goes horribly awry.
She also respectfully pays homage and lends her own unique interpretation to such classic staples of horror as the haunted mansion in "Folly" and a great take on werewolves in "Skin City." "Seen" boasts one of the most unique serial killer slaying devices of all time. Eat your heart out, Jason with your cheap machete and Freddy with your overgrown Press-On fingernails!
I hate horror. But I loved "Kissing Carrion." I can only imagine that someone who actually likes horror will thoroughly enjoy her anthology.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant sexually charged horror
Comment: I hate horror. I never read horror stories and I read this anthology in one setting. That's how good it is.
Gemma Files knows what makes a good horror story. Horror is the only genre in which a hero is not rewarded for the insight and change most characters underatke in a good story.
Instead, the hero is made to pay a dear price for his newfound knowledge. In the most unpleasant, visceral and terrifying manner possible. Kind of like real life. The irony of horror is that in many ways this unreal genre of storytelling is also one of the most realistic.
Gemma Files knows this. Her writing is deep, insightful, meaningful. Often, the first few lines or paragraphs offer some of the greatest insights I've ever read and the story's just started! Trust me, there's usually more by the end of each of her twisted tales.
The most horrific monsters are always human. Gemma Files also knows this. Nothing a vampire or a werewolf or a Jason or a Freddy Kreuger can do compares to the horrors a human has, can and will do. Just read "Keepsake" and "Mouthful of Pins" for confirmation of this.
Love is terrifying. It scares the hell out of people. Of course, if love is terrifying then sex is truly horrific. And mean. And nasty. Conversely well-done horror is absolutely sexy. Gemma Files also knows this. The titular opener, "Kissing Carrion," sets the pace with a nice little romance about a man looking for his one true love. He also happens to be a necrophiliac. Ah, true love.
Gemma's strength is her ability to extract the absolute horror from love and its lesser sibling obsession as demonstrated in "Keepsake," in which a woman adoringly takes care of her sick younger brother only to find that there are some diseases which have absolutely no cure; "Rose-Sick," which will make you think twice about eternal love; "Torch Song," in which a love spell goes horribly awry.
She also respectfully pays homage and lends her own unique interpretation to such classic staples of horror as the haunted mansion in "Folly" and a great take on werewolves in "Skin City." And "Seen" boasts one of the most unique serial killer slaying devices of all time. Eat your heart out, Jason with your cheap machete and Freddy with your overgrown Press-On fingernails!
Like I said, I hate horror. But I loved "Kissing Carrion." I can only imagine that someone who actually likes horror will thoroughly enjoy her anthology.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lurid yet fascinating stories
Comment: Kissing Carrion is a macabre collection of seventeen horrific and original short story fantasies, each of which is carefully and dramatically crafted by author Gemma Files about dark magic, burning desires, and vampires that long for a great deal more than mere human blood. Hideous hungers and soul-consuming obsessions mark these lurid yet fascinating stories that fearfully keep one up late at night. Kissing Carrion is especially recommended to the attention of all horror fantasy enthusiasts.
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