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Different Skins
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Even The Dead Die
“Sometimes, just sometimes, dead is better”. Mike Angelo is a lost soul trapped in a London he despises and a rage that almost seems to consume him. One day, he spots the man who raped - and effectively ended the life of - his sister, Tony Harris. But Harris has been dead for a long time. So begins Mike’s journey into the deepest pits of despair and London itself, with only Sheena - a friendly tattooist who isn’t all she says she is - as a guide and companion. Full of...more
“Sometimes, just sometimes, dead is better”. Mike Angelo is a lost soul trapped in a London he despises and a rage that almost seems to consume him. One day, he spots the man who raped - and effectively ended the life of - his sister, Tony Harris. But Harris has been dead for a long time. So begins Mike’s journey into the deepest pits of despair and London itself, with only Sheena - a friendly tattooist who isn’t all she says she is - as a guide and companion. Full of...more
Different Skins collects two novellas, "Even the Dead Die" and the shorter "In the Skin", both by Gary McMahon. They share certain themes - death, identity, skin, gender relations - but are otherwise separate. The marvellous cover is by Vincent Chong.
In "Even the Dead Die" Mike Angelo (his parents must have had a sense of humour) moves through a London that he despises, soon discovering that there's a worse London beneath. It's a story of death, rape, m...more
In "Even the Dead Die" Mike Angelo (his parents must have had a sense of humour) moves through a London that he despises, soon discovering that there's a worse London beneath. It's a story of death, rape, m...more
"Different Skins" is a collection of two novellas: "Even The Dead Die" and "In The Skin". Both of these horror stories are very dark, with imagery which is disturbing, compelling, and outlandish. However, they are also rooted in the everyday with believeable characters and cleverly rendered situations, which, together with the quality of the prose, elevates these above a lot of horror fiction I've read. And the cover art by Vincent Chong is superb - simple, but effe...more
I don't want to read this, particularly, I just want to note that it is a SUPER SCARY cover!
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Gary McMahon lives, works and writes in West Yorkshire but posseses a New York state of mind. He shares his life with a wife, a son, and the nagging stories that won’t give him any peace until he writes them.
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