Under the Street Light

by Carmen Dominique Taxer

Under the Street Light is a collection of Short Stories, Flash Fiction and Poetry, detailing the cyclical nature of a life coloured by the romance of vampires. It utilises the concept of vampirisim to define emotional upheaval, as well as moments of blinding revelation.

62 pages, Paperback

First published April 14, 2013

About the author

Author, artist, and sometime philosopher, Carmen Dominique Taxer was born in South Africa with familial roots across the globe. She began her career with early scribblings of the dark and twisted, and this love of dark Gothic Horror, and equally dark Romance, has only grown over the years. Her first love was vampires, and to this day she cannot write without the words pouring out in the shape of roses, blood, and thorny kisses.
Carmen uses the presence of vampires in a fictional setting to give voice to the struggles and successes of humanity, painting a portrait of the world that is both dark and beautifully highlighted with love conquering death above all else.

She and her husband and co-author, Richard T. Wheeler, have constructed a universe of these vampires with the affectionate title of Sanguinem Emere. All of these stories take place in the fictional city of New Babylon, a melting pot of cultures, ethnicities, and desires.

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed dipping into this. There is a story running through it, mixed in with the poems and other bits that I went back and re-read as one short story and really made me stop and think (no spoilers!)
Some humour here in places and basically just some beautiful words. As with any book with poems etc I didn't love every single one but this will stay on my shelf and I'll keep going back to my favourites :)