Blood and Beauty and Other Weird Tales
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00XDUVCAQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 506 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Marvelously weird and dark short story collection Christine Rains A wonderfully weird and well written collection of short stories. A taste of Lovecraft and Greek mythology. Plus a range of fantasy for every reader. Each with a dark edge.We see love twisted in "Blood and Beauty" and "The Facts in the Case of M. Hussman." "Shafts to Hell" made me glad I'm not a miner nor am I wanting to go caving any time soon! The longest story, "Good King David" takes the reader into a Biblical fantasy world in which a ruler covets somethi
Hussman" takes inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and records the horrific consequences of artificially extending life in a steampunk world."Shafts to Hell" returns to the Old West and takes the reader inside the mind of an insane miner."Good King David" combines the tales of Hamlet and Absalom in a Biblical fantasy world.Categories: weird fantasy, weird horror, Greek mythology, mythical creatures, steampunk.. Collects six short stories of fantasy and weirdness. Lovecraft, Greek mythology, and biblical-inspired fantasy will find something interesting."Blood and Beauty" tells the tragic love story of a satyr and a dryad."Sutter's Well" records the weird encounter between two boys and a Lovecraftian monster in Appalachia."Morphine and Chocolate" draws inspiration from the medieval poem Pearl as it follows a father's search for his missing daughter from one weird landscape to another."The Facts in the Case of M. Fans of Edgar Allan Poe, H. P