Dark Furies

Weird Tales of Beauties & Beasts

By Adam P. Knave

2005

First Published

3.91

Average Rating

261

Number of Pages

7H58M

Audio Length

Snow White and the Evil Queen, Beauty and the Beast, Antogone and Creon, Dorothy and the Wicked Witch, Fay Wray and King Kong, Joan de Arc and the Catholic Church, Minnie Mouse and that darn Peg Leg Pete... Throughout the history of the world, women have had to cope with horrors of every shape and size. Some of these monsters have been evil incarnate, some have simply been misunderstood—all of them have been left to the fairer sex to handle. This timeless idea is now revisited by 15 of today's most creative writers as they look at the idea of women and monsters from every angle possible. First up, talented newcomers Jan Rukh, Laszlo Q.V. St-J. Xalieri, Ed Hickcox and Rose Fox set a serious tone with four terrific dramas, all set in different genres. Not to be outdone, Mssrs. John French and James Chambers both deliver stories of supernatural investigation guaranteed to set just the right tone for our expert team of horror specialists. Yes, it's an all-star line-up as Michael Amorel, Ron Fortier, Patrick Thomas, Danielle Ackley-McPhail and William Jones dazzle the entire audience, from the orchestra to those in the cheap seats, with five towering tales of titanic terror which no reader will forget anytime soon. Then, the ever-unpredictable CJ Henderson hogs as much space as he can delivering two stories for review—one a tale of Lovecraftian feminism, then a second we think is destined to become a Die Monster Die classic!

Avg Rating

3.91

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

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4 STARS

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Author

Adam P. Knave

Author · 6 books

Adam P. Knave is an Eisner and Harvey award winning editor and writer who writes prose fiction (This Starry Deep, Stays Crunchy in Milk, Strange Angel), comics (The Once and Future Queen, Amelia Cole, Artful Daggers, stories in Titmouse Vol 2, Outlaw Territory Vol 3, and many more), as well as humor essay collections (NYCWTF, I Slept With Your Imaginary Friend) and used to write columns for sites such as thefoonote, TwoHeadedCat, Comics101, PopCultureShock, Three If By Space, and MamaPop. He worked as one of the editors of Image’s Popgun anthology, also editing many other works along the way. Currently in Portland, OR after spending 38 years in New York City, Adam knows he should insert a joke or something attempting to be witty here at the end but is too tired to care.