| Of Flesh and Hunger |
| Ebook, fiction anthology edited by John Edward Lawson, Double Dragon Publications, 2003 |
Of Flesh and Hunger promises to be the most controversial anthology of the new millennium, shocking readers not only with its extreme subject matter but with the deft prose our authors specialize in. The stories are at turns surreal, comic, gory, drenched with atmosphere, and action-packed; one common thread is the unique take each author offers us, keeping the subject fresh for your consumption. Take a seat at the feast and put yourself at the mercy of flesh and hunger.
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+Who’s hungry? I would be, but after reading ‘Of Flesh and Hunger’ my stomach is churning with disgust instead of starvation. I mean disgust in a good way, though. I just don’t crave what the many tales included in this book revolve around: human flesh. This gruesome goody bag full of human treats is an excellent late night snack. Edited by John Edward Lawson, it is packed full of flesh ripping tales by a very creative group of authors including: Hertzan Chimera, Eric S. Brown, Perry McGee, John Grover and Mathew Shute, just to name a few. The stories have been individually wrapped by each author, offering a taste of the funny, the unusual and the down right horrifying, giving the reader a delightful feast for their brain to chew on. So what will you find in this book? I’ll provide you with a small sampler to nibble on: Paul Bradshaw’s ‘Murder is Meat’ gave me both the chills and the giggles with his tale about a flesh eating family whose child decides to become a vegetarian, Darren Speegle sheds new light on what is much more than your basic pig pickin’ with ‘Papa Bo's Big-Ass Barbecue’ and Daniel G. Keohane gives the term "lost in space" a much bloodier and twisted meaning with his story, ‘Selection’. ‘Of Flesh and Hunger’ is one of those books where you can’t just stop at one story and continue later. No, no. Once you read one, you’re in for the long haul. But that’s what a good feast is like isn’t it? You try one thing then move on until you have tried it all and that is what this book is, one huge, lip-smacking feast you can’t peel your eyes from. This is one read you’ll love to sink your eyes into and leave with that satisfactory feeling of fullness, yet ready for another menacing course. —Stephanie Simpson-Woods +This e-book anthology is a compilation of stories about ( gasp!) cannibalism. The e-book is available at www.fleshandhunger.com, is downloadable and is not something to read before going to sleep. The subject material ranges from outrageously gory and deviant to just gory and humourous. Some of these tales would have made great 30 minute TV episodes for Tales of the Crypt and other thriller TV shows. I've always paraphrased the Streisand song and said that 'people who eat people are the hungriest people in the world' and this book just bears that out. Editor Lawson is wellknown as a man who can ferrte out the most extreme and intense writings of the most talented authors and create these delightful tomes. Best bits, aside from my own contribution AN ACQUIRED TASTE, are Christopher Danaher's poem about the 12 step program for cannibals, PURITY by Matthew Shute about survival at all costs. Then there is GAG REFLEX by Scott C. Carr who entertains with a story about the extreme consequences of controlled nail biting. You can guess the answer. Ronal Damien Mali's THE STRANGER is an advisory against staying at out of the way motels with no recreational outlets except getting 'into each other' in more ways than one. Other authors represented in fine pieces of gruesome deviation are C. J. Henderson, Darren Speegle, Kurt Newman and many more. The hope is that this collection of mind warping terror tales will see paperback by next year. One way or anthoer it will make you think twice when you sink your bicuspids into that next steak. —R. Allen Leider, Black Cat Media +A comprehensive review by Satan165 is available here. |
Editor John Edward Lawson welcomes you to a world where flesh-greed rules the day. He has assembled a host of writers who are committing the worst atrocities known to man...to paper. This anthology aims to go where no others have, beyond the "mouth of madness" or the "belly of the beast" and straight into the minds of cannibals. The subject matter alone is guaranteed to raise eyebrows even among readers who have had everything thrown at them.
