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A review by barb4ry1
Orford Parish Murder Houses: A Visitor's Guide by Tom Breen
4.0
Orford Parish Murder Houses is a slim and unassuming book that was recommended to me on reddit (r/weirdlit). The cover art and design aren’t stellar but it’s wise to look past the cover as the content if satisfying. I’m new to weird fiction and my taste is still developing but I enjoyed the stories and the way they were linked in a form of a tourist guidebook to scenes of slaughter and haunting.
Orford Parish, is a home to human and not-quite-human residents. Major sources of employment include local government, a shopping mall, and the manufacture of cursing tablets. It’s, in a way, a sinister New England town familiar to horror tales.
The book contains short, brochure-like descriptions of the history and folklore of a specific "murder house" in Orford Parish. Each description includes the name and address of the house, a story of murder, and a recommendation of the best restaurants in the area. You can even get a discount if you mention slaughter address from the guide!
The language used in the book is very nice and quotable in places.
World-building is done through descriptions of each murder scene and the place history.
Orford Parish Murder Houses is a slim and unassuming book that was recommended to me on reddit (r/weirdlit). The cover art and design aren’t stellar but it’s wise to look past the cover as the content if satisfying. I’m new to weird fiction and my taste is still developing but I enjoyed the stories and the way they were linked in a form of a tourist guidebook to scenes of slaughter and haunting.
Orford Parish, is a home to human and not-quite-human residents. Major sources of employment include local government, a shopping mall, and the manufacture of cursing tablets. It’s, in a way, a sinister New England town familiar to horror tales.
The book contains short, brochure-like descriptions of the history and folklore of a specific "murder house" in Orford Parish. Each description includes the name and address of the house, a story of murder, and a recommendation of the best restaurants in the area. You can even get a discount if you mention slaughter address from the guide!
The language used in the book is very nice and quotable in places.
World-building is done through descriptions of each murder scene and the place history.
Overall, I think that this weird little collection of fake historical society writeups of murders in an imaginary town is pretty awesome.
Orford Parish, is a home to human and not-quite-human residents. Major sources of employment include local government, a shopping mall, and the manufacture of cursing tablets. It’s, in a way, a sinister New England town familiar to horror tales.
The book contains short, brochure-like descriptions of the history and folklore of a specific "murder house" in Orford Parish. Each description includes the name and address of the house, a story of murder, and a recommendation of the best restaurants in the area. You can even get a discount if you mention slaughter address from the guide!
The language used in the book is very nice and quotable in places.
World-building is done through descriptions of each murder scene and the place history.
Orford Parish Murder Houses is a slim and unassuming book that was recommended to me on reddit (r/weirdlit). The cover art and design aren’t stellar but it’s wise to look past the cover as the content if satisfying. I’m new to weird fiction and my taste is still developing but I enjoyed the stories and the way they were linked in a form of a tourist guidebook to scenes of slaughter and haunting.
Orford Parish, is a home to human and not-quite-human residents. Major sources of employment include local government, a shopping mall, and the manufacture of cursing tablets. It’s, in a way, a sinister New England town familiar to horror tales.
The book contains short, brochure-like descriptions of the history and folklore of a specific "murder house" in Orford Parish. Each description includes the name and address of the house, a story of murder, and a recommendation of the best restaurants in the area. You can even get a discount if you mention slaughter address from the guide!
The language used in the book is very nice and quotable in places.
World-building is done through descriptions of each murder scene and the place history.
Overall, I think that this weird little collection of fake historical society writeups of murders in an imaginary town is pretty awesome.