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Bending the Landscape: Horror - Original Gay and Lesbian Writing
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Bending the Landscape: Horror brings together a tantalizing slew of truly horrifying tales guaranteed to provoke, entertain, and inspire fear in even the most seasoned horror aficionado. World-renowned fantasy author Nicola Griffith and fantasy publisher Stephen Pagel have compiled an exciting array of never-before-published stories, from both talented newcomers and award-winning genre veterans. In Kraig Blackwelder's "Coyote Love," a man wakes up in a stranger's bed, not knowing how he got there, after a drunken night out. Terror ensues as the reader is shown just how far a person is willing to go to deny reality. In "The WereSlut of Avenue A," Leslie What shows us that change is not always a good thing, as we witness what may or not be a transformation into something inhuman. These stories, written by writers both gay and straight, incite fear and spur thought, transporting the reader into realms of shock and dread.
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Pages 332
Dimensions: Length: 8.04" Width: 5.36" Height: 0.9"
Weight: 0.62 lbs.
Binding Softcover
ISBN 1585673722
EAN 9781585673728
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 | Not up to par Dec 13, 2004 |
| Having read the Science Fiction volume of this series, I was pleased when this book was selected by my local book group and I approaching reading it with enthusiasm. Unfortunately, like everybody else in the book group, I was pretty disappointed. The stories in this collection are not satisfying as horror (e.g. they're not scary, creepy, don't cause feeling os paranoia), nor are many of them satisfying as gay stories (e.g. almost all the relationships in the book are negative and some stories barely have gay content at all). Many of the stories provoked what we in our book discussion called an "eh?" reaction -- too slow, lacking horror element, lacking element of a "story" with start, middle & end. There were a few stand-out stories (my favorites were "Broken Canes," "Memorabilia," and "Blood Requium") but the problem is that even the good stories failed as horror. I would say the collection is "OK" but if you don't read it, it's not a big miss. | | | | Bending the Landscape: Horror Nov 2, 2002 |
| Some of the stories here are excellent, the best in my opinion being "Coyote Love". Mark McLaughlin, Barbara Hambly and Mark Tiedemann also contribute strong stories. Generally, the level is professional, although there are a few clunkers. These stories mostly go beyond "minority literature" and should appeal to readers of speculative fiction and short stories in general. | | | Write your own review about Bending the Landscape: Horror - Original Gay and Lesbian Writing
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