Today, Erin Al-Mehairi stop by with an excellent guest post on poetry and music. I’m a little late to the party with regard to reading poetry, but the darker works I’m reading are resonating strongly with me. This post is split into two parts, the first of which you can read below and the second…
Tag: Poetry
Book review: Love For Slaughter – Sara Tantlinger
I like my poetry like I like my steak….bloody. Sara Tantlinger’s Love For Slaughter certainly isn’t for the prude, nor is it for those who are put off by a little gore and guts in their verse. I had a really hard time putting this collection down and its clever mixture of shorter and…
Book review: If You Died Tomorrow I Would Eat Your Corpse – Wrath James White
I guess I should’ve known what to expect with this latest collection from Wrath James White having read many of his works in the past. And yet still, I found myself aroused, sickened and at times shocked with the book’s content…in the best possible way, of course ; ) Great cover art, great title, If…
Book review: Sheet Music To My Acoustic Nightmare – Stephanie M. Wytovich
With her latest collection of poetry, Stephanie M. Wytovich bares all, and in doing so welcomes us into her life, giving us a glimpse of her past experiences and interactions. Sheet Music To My Acoustic Nightmare is a dark reading experience. The poems are filled with anger, regret, loss, sex, drink, drugs and everything…
Book review: Alligators in the Sewers – Unnerving Magazine
Alligators In The Sewers is a limited edition chapbook release by Unnerving Magazine. At around an hour reading, you get a mix of poems and short stories featuring some of the best dark fiction has to offer. Mark Allan Gunnells fantastic opening story, A Rain of Autumn Leaves is truly one to savour. I’ve…
Book review: Breathe. Breathe. – Erin Sweet Al-Mahairi
Erin’s debut collection of poetry and fiction should come with a warning. The warning should read something along the lines of “prepare to be emotionally unravelled” because that is exactly what Erin does here. Poetry is outside of my comfort zone as a reader. When I’ve tried it in the past, I’ve often found it…
Interview: The Grim Reader talks to Mercedes Murdock Yardley
Mercedes M. Yardley is a whimsical dark fantasist who wears stilettos, red lipstick, and poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of many diverse works, including Beautiful Sorrows, the Stabby Award-winning Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Pretty Little Dead Girls: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy, Detritus in Love, and the BONE…
Book review: Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Unidefinable Wonders – Anthology.
Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Unidefinable Wonders is Crystal Lake Publishing’s BIG anthology for 2017. It features an all-star cast of writers from all over the world, including Neil Gaiman, Bentley Little, Lisa Morton, and Clive Barker to name a few. Last year saw Crystal Lake and editor Doug Murano compile Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories; an incredibly…
Book review: No Mercy – Alessandro Manzetti
I feel a little un-equipped to truly write a good, detailed review for this collection of dark poetry from Alessandro Manzetti. I don’t read much in the way of poetry at all. In fact, this is only the second collection I have ever read. The other was Eden Underground, released by Crystal Lake Publishing and…
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