Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror by Ellen Datlow

1 review

madarauchiha's review against another edition

Go to review page

slow-paced
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.0

 β€οΈ 🧑 πŸ’›  πŸ’š  πŸ’™ πŸ’œ  my about / byf / CW info carrd: https://uchiha-madara.carrd.co/ πŸ’œ  πŸ’™ πŸ’š πŸ’› 🧑❀️

I used to enjoy Datlow's anthologies but the more I read them, the more apparent how much transphobia, transmisogyny, pedophilia, csa, incest, all types of racism esp anti black racism, is in these stories. Out of all of the stories in the publishing world, you can't find any without this shit?

The only ones I liked:
The Erl-King: Elizabeth Hand
I didn't care for the incest, but the imagery was lovely. 

The Specialist’s Hat: Kelly Link
Oh I love a good, decent spooky creepy story. Vague horrors, plot twists, animal symbolism... yes please.

Special mention: No Strings: Ramsey Campbell

β—† Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament: Clive Barker
minor whorephobic language,
medium gore, 
major racism, transphobia, 

cw racism, derogatory anti sex work language
"His eyes were being forced into slits like a child imitating a monstrous Oriental, his mouth was hauled wide and tight, his smile brilliant. The words were difficult to sayβ€”
β€œStop…it…”
She shook her head.
β€œWhore…” he said again, still defying her"


it's very stale cishet male horror author. no further cws as I'm skipping this one. We need to send clive barker to the grave and throw away everything he ever made. Good bye. 

β—† Dancing Chickens: Edward Bryant
medium unsanitary, dead animals,
major rape, grooming pedophilia, child abuse

fuck this author for their nasty pedo shit

β—† The Greater Festival of Masks: Thomas Ligotti
medium body horror, bonfire,

β—† The Pear-Shaped Man: George R. R. Martin
skipped

β—† The Juniper Tree: Peter Straub
author used racial slur n word. skipped.

β—† Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds: Dan Simmons
minor gore,
medium Vietnam war, suicide, 
major heights?,

β—† The Power and the Passion: Pat Cadigan
minor gendered slurs, misogyny, police, bruises, off screen domestic abuse, guns,
medium torture, child death, sexual harassment, gore, torture, bone fractures,
major unsanitary but not fully explicit gross out levels, religion catholicism,

β—† The Phone Woman: Joe R. Lansdale
minor rape,
medium unsanitary, medical situations, ableism,

author uses hard r n slur. no further cws

β—† Teratisms: Kathe Koja
minor gendered slurs, blood,
medium smoking tobacco, unsanitary, NSFW,

β—† Chattery Teeth: Stephen King
skipped

β—† A Little Night Music: Lucius Shepard
medium murder, alcohol, misogyny, death threats, NSFW, infidelity,

β—† Calcutta, Lord of Nerves: Poppy Z. Brite

this is some stupid racist shit from a stupid racist white man

β—† The Erl-King: Elizabeth Hand
minor drugs weed, NSFW, maybe weird biphobic stereotypes?, gore, torture, alcohol, smoking, child abuse, hand trauma, amputation, hypodermic needle, animal death, drugs cocaine,
medium child neglect, transmisogyny, misgendering, transphobia, murder, gore,
major animal death, animal abuse, animal cruelty, incest / csa / pedophilia, 
β—† The Dog Park: Dennis Etchison

major dogs

author used an anti black racist reference [golliwog] no further CWs I'm skipping this

β—† Rain Falls: Michael Marshall Smith
minor anti black stereotype, drugs lsd / heroine,
medium child abuse off screen in the past, violence, body horror?, gore and blood,
major alcohol? set in a tavern, dogs, 

note: bizarre consistent commentary about sexism and misogyny,

β—† Refrigerator Heaven: David J. Schow
minor anti Rromani slur,
medium NSFW sex scene,

major imprisonment, torture, gore,blood, self harm, 

β—† Joyce Carol Oates
minor gendered slurs,
medium drowning. open water, 
major fatphobia, child abuse, pedophilia and incest, csa, 

β—† Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture: Neil Gaiman
skipped, fuck gaiman,

β—† The Specialist’s Hat: Kelly Link
minor alcohol, poison, 
medium body horror, snakes, infidelity,

β—† The Tree is My Hat: Gene Wolfe
medium ableism, colonization,
major racism, 
author used a racial slur, no further cws

β—† Heat: Steve Rasnic Tem
minor deaths murder suicide,
major fire, gore, burns

β—† No Strings: Ramsey Campbell
minor anti Rromani slur once, drug addiction, insects,
medium classism with regards to people without housing, police, unsanitary, body horror, 

β—† Stitch: Terry Dowling
medium orphaning, demolition, gore, murder, child death
major pedophilia?,

β—† Dancing Men: Glen Hirshberg

major holocaust, genocide, antisemitism in relation to the mentioned, anti Native racism,

four uses of the anti Rromani g slur,

author bizarrely sexualized the Native woman,

glen hirschberg is a shitty godawful racist who can suck the shit straight out of my asshole. skipped.

β—† My Father’s Mask: Joe Hill
minor use of the q slur not homophobic
medium death, gore, heights, NSFW nudity, animal death and gore,
major pedophilia and incest?, murder, 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings
More...