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Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed
by
John Skipp,
Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Clive Barker, Mark Twain, Lauren Kate (Goodreads Author), Joe Hill, James Steele (Goodreads Author), Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
2011 BRAM STOKER WINNER for Superior Achievement in an Anthology!
This mind-blowing anthology cracks open the lid on demonic lore, from the possessed to fallen angels and the Devil himself. The next book in Black Dog's supernatural series, Demons presents thirty-six terrifying, tantalizing tales in which evil spirits wreak havoc on the world. Neil Gaiman, William Peter Blat...more
This mind-blowing anthology cracks open the lid on demonic lore, from the possessed to fallen angels and the Devil himself. The next book in Black Dog's supernatural series, Demons presents thirty-six terrifying, tantalizing tales in which evil spirits wreak havoc on the world. Neil Gaiman, William Peter Blat...more
Paperback, 640 pages
Published
September 21st 2011
by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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THE story BESPELLED BY KIM HARRISON IS IN THIS BOOK, WITH MANY OTHERS ABOUT 35 STORIES IN FACT STILL READING AND VERY GOOD
BESPELLED, BEFORE RACHEL SAVES THE CHARACTER IN THIS STORY THE ROYAL ELF HAS BEEN CALLING UP THE DEMON ALGALIAREP FOR YEARS, SHE IS TO GET MARRIED AND END HER STUDIES WITH HIM BUT HE HAS CHARMED HER AND THRU LIES IS ABLE TO STEAL HER FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS, BEFORE RACHEL RESCUES HER BEING RACHEL MORGAN IN THE HOLLOWS SERIES IS IN THE SAME POSITION. TO BE OWNED AND USED BY...more
BESPELLED, BEFORE RACHEL SAVES THE CHARACTER IN THIS STORY THE ROYAL ELF HAS BEEN CALLING UP THE DEMON ALGALIAREP FOR YEARS, SHE IS TO GET MARRIED AND END HER STUDIES WITH HIM BUT HE HAS CHARMED HER AND THRU LIES IS ABLE TO STEAL HER FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS, BEFORE RACHEL RESCUES HER BEING RACHEL MORGAN IN THE HOLLOWS SERIES IS IN THE SAME POSITION. TO BE OWNED AND USED BY...more
REVIEWED: DEMONS
EDITED BY: John Skipp
PUBLISHED: September, 2011
L-O-V-E-D this anthology! IMMENSE collection of both classic literary tales and wild new fiction exploring the lore of Demons in culture. Violent, Funny, Provocative, this collection really has something for everybody. Of course, with so many stories and ideas, not all of them hit the mark, although that may be perceived as a matter of taste. I had read all the classics previously, but was nice to see them intermixed with the new fic...more
EDITED BY: John Skipp
PUBLISHED: September, 2011
L-O-V-E-D this anthology! IMMENSE collection of both classic literary tales and wild new fiction exploring the lore of Demons in culture. Violent, Funny, Provocative, this collection really has something for everybody. Of course, with so many stories and ideas, not all of them hit the mark, although that may be perceived as a matter of taste. I had read all the classics previously, but was nice to see them intermixed with the new fic...more
Darkeva was charitable enough to ship me a copy of this impressive--and weighty--anthology. It's damn-near a tome in trade paperback form. In a sense, it feels appropriate for a book about demons and spectres, things that haunt and oppress, should have some gravity to it. Like a monkey on your back. Oddly enough, that's almost exactly the kind of demon this book starts off with, in the first story, Adam-Troy Castro's "Cherub," about a world in which each persons inner demons reside squarely on t...more
I only read about a third of the stories in this 600+ page anthology before I had to return it to the library, so I won't rate it. But it's DEFINITELY worth checking out, if only for the first and last of the short stories within. Creepy! I loved the mixture of new stories from contemporary authors and classics from the likes of Poe. I'll probably put myself back on the reserve list for it.
The individual books in here are wonderful, the flow and juxtaposition of them are wonderful, but I'm not a horror reader and it was just too big for me to really enjoy.
That said, the excerpt from the Exorcist was horrifying, and I think I may be haunted by Amelia Beamer's Staying the Night forever. Seriously. That is shudderworthy.
If you do like horror I'd thoroughly recommend it.
That said, the excerpt from the Exorcist was horrifying, and I think I may be haunted by Amelia Beamer's Staying the Night forever. Seriously. That is shudderworthy.
If you do like horror I'd thoroughly recommend it.
This is one fat book of Satan stories from veteran editor John Skipp, heavy enough to bulge a vertebrae or two. It's the sheer variety that's the biggest draw, from classic tales like The Monkeys Paw to new fiction by Bentley Little, there's a little something for everyone in Demons. One dark and stormy night I watched Álex de la Iglesia's 2006 film, The Baby's Room, after reading a few of the scarier pieces in Demons, and the combination was harrowing enough to make my skin crawl. A mandatory a...more
Entertaining and packed full of different authors to keep you busy for awhile.
Splatterpunk lord John Skipp has compiled a nicely-balanced collection of vintage tales, contemporary classics, and a slew of brand-new stories involving demons and the demonized. Lots of recognizble names in here, but kudos to Skipp for assembling many first-rate tales from up-and-coming authors (several of whom--Laura Lee Bahr, J. David Osbourne, and James Steele, for example--are writers I've encountered for the first time, and am looking forward to reading again).
A superb offering of both qu...more
A superb offering of both qu...more
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I hit the last third of this and gave up...some stories were creepy, some were EXCELLENT, and some were blah. I just can't get back into it after putting it down a couple of weeks ago.
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