Horny Tales of Horned People
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Neha lives alone; no roommate, no partner, no parent or sibling shares her apartment. Yet, every morning, she finds that her items are in different locations than she remembers. As if someone... or something, has been moving them around.
Enoris was once known as the savior of these lands, a heroine worthy of legends, a warrior anyone should aspire to be like. Now she has cut all ties with society, choosing to live as a hermit in the middle of the woods. She rejects all and any attempt to befriend her... but when a stranger comes at her doorstep asking for shelter from the rain, she cannot deny them this simple kindness.
Akenaos made a deal with the devil: a helping hand to defeat the demon king, in exchange for her soul. Today, the devil's part of the bargain has been fulfilled. What of her own?
HORNY TALES OF HORNED PEOPLE* features three unrelated short paranormal romances.
*Note: does not feature horny tales. Does not feature horned people either.
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The One From Carcosa is told in a diary format, without designation of dates, with visceral use of sensory descriptions. There is a fantastic sense of disorientation and haze, like a written hypnagogic hallucination. Repetition is effectively used to build suspense and desperation. The pivot from suspense to the introduction of Cahors and nighttime romance is well executed and lends to the endearing nature of Cahors' character. The description of Cahors' physique is fed in small portions which allows the reader to follow the narrator's same gradual exploration. What comes to mind in an attempt to describe the tone is "night-soft and warm." If Cahors has one million fans, then I am one of them. If Cahors has one fan, that is also me.
The protagonists of To Skin A Lindworm, Enoris and Maeve, have a wonderful dynamic. Captivating raw egg eating by Maeve, who is distinctly nonhuman from the start but behaves in increasingly nonhuman ways as she grows more comfortable with her environment. In many ways this is a practical character study between a socially beloved murderer (per her own self description) and a socially outcast monster. The description of the castle ruins is a lovely, evocative image. I am still enamored with the mental image of Maeve slaughtering an adult deer with her bare hands. The description of the events at Kaer are poignant and perfectly satisfy the questions the story poses through Enoris's behavior, and nicely complements Maeve's past. One parent loving yet not cognizant, one parent biological and unloving. I wish them a long life of belligerent pharmacy and keystone predation.
Counting Teeth features erotic cannibalism, my beloved. Fantastic dialogue where Versipelle describes how she intends to devour Akenaos, which I read over several times before continuing out of sheer enjoyment. Short, pointed, and an enjoyable send-off to a wonderful short story collection.