A natural history of hell

stories

279 pages

English language

Published Dec. 13, 2016

ISBN:
978-1-61873-118-0
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OCLC Number:
923553240

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5 stars (2 reviews)

"Emily Dickinson takes a carriage ride with Death. A couple are invited over to a neighbor's daughter's exorcism. A country witch with a sea-captain's head in a glass globe intercedes on behalf of abused and abandoned children. A book of fantastic stories about the hell on earth that is living"--

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5 stars

What a fantastic title, am I right folks? A Natural History of Hell is the first I've read of many works by authors I found out about at 2016's Readercon. Almost immediately, from the first story, I have found that this collection is what I'm looking for from horror, and more characteristics that I didn't even know I wanted in a story! It is at times humorous (subtle and obvious) but can also incite feelings of dread and at times even awe and wonderment.

A natural history is defined, according to Merriam-Webster, as " the study of natural objects especially in the field from an amateur or popular point of view". The characters that populate the multifaceted "Hell" are as varied as the stories themselves. Amongst the damned, and deitrus of humanity, we come across witches, sorcerers, faeries, Death, demons, Satan, ghosts and a donkey named, naturally, Hermes!

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Subjects

  • American Short stories
  • Paranormal fiction