Reviews

ANTIFA SPLATTERPUNK by M. Lopes da Silva, Caias Ward, Eric Raglin, Cynthia Gomez, Gordon B. White, Kathe Koja, J.V. Gachs, Joe Koch, John Baltisberger, Patrick Barb, Max D. Stanton, Donyae Coles, Keith Rosson, Sam Richard, Jonathan Louis Duckworth, Sarah Peploe, Ana E. Robic

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective

5.0

Fascists suffer horrible and painful fates in this anthology :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, Colonisation, Police brutality, Misogyny, Vomit, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Toxic friendship, Violence, Genocide, Grief, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime

trashgobby's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, War, Sexism, Hate crime, Colonisation, Genocide, Cursing, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Body horror, and Police brutality

zickcantkill's review

dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

kezemu's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jarjarblingg's review

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

3.75

cats_of_horror's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

ceridwenanne's review

challenging dark funny

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Mostly multi-author collections hover around the 3-star mark for me: some better, some worse, comme ci, comme ça . Depending on the subject of the collection, turns out, because I love the idea of punching Nazis so much. Standouts, for me, were "The Chad Show" by Ana E. Robic -- a Tucker Carlson like dude mutilates himself on air to own the libs -- and Joe Koch's "Bride of the White Rat" -- a little po-mo gem of a story, yikes. 

raincorbyn's review

4.0

Awesome, consistent anthology of stories about the psychology of fascism, and the physicality of punching their faces off their faces. The more supernatural stories appealed most to me, but Eric Raglin did an amazing job as always editing a collection of diverse and top notch stories, with bad guys whose getting stomped you have zero guilt about.

drakaina16's review

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Can I just say how satisfying it is to read story after story in which Nazis, bigots, and racists get theirs in horrific ways? So well deserved. 

One of the Good Ones; or: It's A Gas! by Gordon B. White ⭐⭐⭐.5
The Book of Veils by Keith Rosson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hostile Architecture by M. Lopes da Silva ⭐⭐⭐
Red Brick by Cynthia Gómez ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Four Magi of Motakwa County by Max D. Stanton ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Pig-Men's Mud Motel by Patrick Barb ⭐⭐⭐
The Chad Show by Ana E. Robic ⭐⭐⭐
Snorting Ghosts in the Cause of Anti-Fascism by Caias Ward ⭐⭐⭐
Beak by Sarah Peploe ⭐⭐⭐
Blood & Honor by Sam Richard ⭐⭐⭐
Box of Teeth by John Baltisberger ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lutznau's Opus by Jonathan Louis Duckworth ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bride of the White Rat by Joe Koch ⭐⭐⭐
Ay, Carmela by J.V. Gachs ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Til the Sun Wheel Turns No More by Eric Raglin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Capture the Flag by Donyae Coles ⭐⭐⭐⭐

fiendfull's review

4.0

Great concept and suitably gory stories.