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637 voters
Damnation and Dames
by
Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) ,
Amanda Pillar (Goodreads Author) , Lisa L. Hannett (Goodreads Author), Donna Maree Hanson (Goodreads Author), Robert Hood (Goodreads Author), Joseph L. Kellogg, Pete Kempshall, Chris Large (Goodreads Author)
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Damnation & Dames is a collection of paranormal noir stories investigating the supernatural shadows surrounding classic crime. Inside this book are sixteen hand-picked stories, all original, featuring good guys, gumshoes, femme fatales, bootleggers, and gangsters: all your favourite noir characters mixed up with ghosts, giant monsters, faerie, vampires, and werewolves.
Paperback, 324 pages
Published
April 2012
by Ticonderoga Publications
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I should start with a disclaimer - I have a story in this anthology, co-written with Felicity Dowker. However, obvious bias aside, this is a stellar collection. The variety of paranormal, supernatural, noiry goodness is astounding. As with any anthology, there were some stories that didn't hit my buttons exactly, but most did. Overall, it's a strong collection of the paranoirmal - a genre tag I'm even credited in the introduction as coining. Which is great, because I've always wanted to invent a...more
Give the thugs on your tail the shake, keep your peepers open for double-crosses, wet your whistle with a shot of bourbon and enjoy 16 tales of the "paranoirmal" in this great new anthology from Ticonderoga.
Every single story is true to the genre of hard-boiled fiction with urban fantasy elements. Zombies? Check. Vamps (both the garden variety flapper and undead species)? Check. Undead primates? Hell yeah!
All of the authors have written works which remain true to the noir tradition while infusi...more
Every single story is true to the genre of hard-boiled fiction with urban fantasy elements. Zombies? Check. Vamps (both the garden variety flapper and undead species)? Check. Undead primates? Hell yeah!
All of the authors have written works which remain true to the noir tradition while infusi...more
Damnation and Dames (published by Ticonderoga Press) is a collection of noir style stories with supernatural themes, edited by Liz Grzyb and Amanda Pillar.
This was a very enjoyable anthology, with a lot of great stories that have been very nicely put together. All the stories stayed on theme, but there was enough variation to keep the collection interesting with some very unusual takes on the paranormal noir genre.
As is my habit with large collections I haven't commented on every story individua...more
This was a very enjoyable anthology, with a lot of great stories that have been very nicely put together. All the stories stayed on theme, but there was enough variation to keep the collection interesting with some very unusual takes on the paranormal noir genre.
As is my habit with large collections I haven't commented on every story individua...more
I recieved this book in a Goodreads Giveaway!
Thank you for giving me the chance to read and review this book.
Seeing as this book is a compilation of short stories, I will rate each seperately and then give the book a general mark.
Blind Pig by Jay Caselburg - 1/5
The narration in this short story was reminiscent to me of that in Sim City. Although I liked the narration, I couldn't find it within me to care about what was going on, nothing really engaged me in this story. That's not to say it was b...more
Thank you for giving me the chance to read and review this book.
Seeing as this book is a compilation of short stories, I will rate each seperately and then give the book a general mark.
Blind Pig by Jay Caselburg - 1/5
The narration in this short story was reminiscent to me of that in Sim City. Although I liked the narration, I couldn't find it within me to care about what was going on, nothing really engaged me in this story. That's not to say it was b...more
Standard Ticonderoga Disclaimer: We published this book because we loved it!
Katharine is a judge for the Aurealis Awards. This review is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.
To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the AA are over.
To be safe, I won't be recording my review here until after the AA are over.
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