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shrikebait's review
5.0
That's it, Elton Skelter is my favorite queer splatterpunk / body horror author.
This collection is weird. It is gross. It is dark. It is gay. Each story is vastly different from the next, yet the splatterpunk elements bind them all together. This selection of short stories works very well as a collection.
While one story in particular tugged at my feelings, it's not going to keep me up at night. Personally, I consider that the best kind of horror... subversive, darkly fascinating, but not so upsetting it throws my whole day off.
I did notice some editing issues, mainly minor spelling errors. There is one reference to Marsha P. Johnson as "Marcia P. Brady" which could have been intentional...but I'm not really sure what the purpose would be. I still highly recommend this book and don't think these issues are worth dropping it a star.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this collection for free. I'm writing this review of my own accord.
This collection is weird. It is gross. It is dark. It is gay. Each story is vastly different from the next, yet the splatterpunk elements bind them all together. This selection of short stories works very well as a collection.
While one story in particular tugged at my feelings, it's not going to keep me up at night. Personally, I consider that the best kind of horror... subversive, darkly fascinating, but not so upsetting it throws my whole day off.
I did notice some editing issues, mainly minor spelling errors. There is one reference to Marsha P. Johnson as "Marcia P. Brady" which could have been intentional...but I'm not really sure what the purpose would be. I still highly recommend this book and don't think these issues are worth dropping it a star.
Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this collection for free. I'm writing this review of my own accord.
stitching_ghost's review
5.0
I really enjoyed this little collection, so much so that I've already purchased 2 other titles by this author. There's a good variety of types of horror as well as of tone but all the stories are pretty solid. There's also a piece that's song lyrics (?) and that pleased my cold dead cringey millennial heart greatly. This book is also unapologetically and unquestionably queer which is always a nice plus.
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