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You Are My Everything
Easter Cutler's Ole Grandpop Orne used to always say, “All men’re the same when you git right down to it. All silly’n ever-lovin’ HORNY. Cain’t control their urges fer the life of ’em…” And Easter has sure learned that the hard way. But she's got a way fix things with her husband. And Noot is sure gonna find out just how much his wife loves him. Because Easter's Old Grandpop had some secrets himself and hidden within the ancient pages, kept in a beaten old binder handed down to his loving granddaughter, lies a gateway to the darkest magic the world has ever known—a magic that will let Noot know that Easter will do anything to keep their love whole. Poor old Noot…he's about to find out just how much Easter means it when she says…
YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING
YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING
71 pages, Paperback
First published December 15, 2009
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Edward Lee
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Edward Lee is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror, and has authored 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story "Mr. Torso," and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF 2000, Pocket's HOT BLOOD series, and the award-wining 999. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to Germany, Greece, and Romania. He also publishes quite actively in the small-press/limited-edition hardcover market; many of his books in this category have become collector's items. While a number of Lee's projects have been optioned for film, only one has been made, HEADER, which was released on DVD to mixed reviews in June, 2009, by Synapse Films.
Lee is particularly known for over-the-top occult concepts and an accelerated treatment of erotic and/or morbid sexual imagery and visceral violence.
He was born on May 25, 1957 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. In the late-70s he served in the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, in Erlangen, West Germany, then, for a short time, was a municipal police officer in Cottage City, Maryland. Lee also attended the University of Maryland as an English major but quit in his last semester to pursue his dream of being a horror novelist. For over 15 years, he worked as the night manager for a security company in Annapolis, Maryland, while writing in his spare time. In 1997, however, he became a full-time writer, first spending several years in Seattle and then moving to St. Pete Beach, Florida, where he currently resides.
Of note, the author cites as his strongest influence horror legend H. P. Lovecraft; in 2007, Lee embarked on what he calls his "Lovecraft kick" and wrote a spate of novels and novellas which tribute Lovecraft and his famous Cthulhu Mythos. Among these projects are THE INNSWICH HORROR, "Trolley No. 1852," HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD, GOING MONSTERING, "Pages Torn From A Travel Journal," and "You Are My Everything." Lee promises more Lovecraftian work on the horizon.
Edward Lee is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror, and has authored 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story "Mr. Torso," and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF 2000, Pocket's HOT BLOOD series, and the award-wining 999. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to Germany, Greece, and Romania. He also publishes quite actively in the small-press/limited-edition hardcover market; many of his books in this category have become collector's items. While a number of Lee's projects have been optioned for film, only one has been made, HEADER, which was released on DVD to mixed reviews in June, 2009, by Synapse Films.
Lee is particularly known for over-the-top occult concepts and an accelerated treatment of erotic and/or morbid sexual imagery and visceral violence.
He was born on May 25, 1957 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. In the late-70s he served in the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, in Erlangen, West Germany, then, for a short time, was a municipal police officer in Cottage City, Maryland. Lee also attended the University of Maryland as an English major but quit in his last semester to pursue his dream of being a horror novelist. For over 15 years, he worked as the night manager for a security company in Annapolis, Maryland, while writing in his spare time. In 1997, however, he became a full-time writer, first spending several years in Seattle and then moving to St. Pete Beach, Florida, where he currently resides.
Of note, the author cites as his strongest influence horror legend H. P. Lovecraft; in 2007, Lee embarked on what he calls his "Lovecraft kick" and wrote a spate of novels and novellas which tribute Lovecraft and his famous Cthulhu Mythos. Among these projects are THE INNSWICH HORROR, "Trolley No. 1852," HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD, GOING MONSTERING, "Pages Torn From A Travel Journal," and "You Are My Everything." Lee promises more Lovecraftian work on the horizon.
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August 4, 2024
This demented piece of pornographic pulp continues my quest for much masochistic reading which might suggest more about me than the man who wrote it.
Lee is a prolific raconteur of the severely fucked-up. Straightaway, this tale provides us with such pleasant transgressions as meth abuse, incest, and murder, proceeding quickly to treat us with something much more mind-bogglingly (ew, bad choice of words) deplorable. For the sake of common decency I will not describe what a header is, although the word itself may bring something to mind (ick, stop it!). This is not the first time Ed Lee has explored this great hillbilly pastime. (There is a full novel entitled ‘The Header’, for which there have been two sequels and a film adaptation; I will not be seeing it. Well, maybe).
There is more to the story, but not much. Told from a few different perspectives, and forcing me to assume the roles of none-too-relatable shit-kickers and obese simpletons through the narrative, a backwoods woman has a chance encounter with a writer at a Best Buy and gets him to recite a Lovecraftian chant of necromancy into a voice recorder. This chant is later utilized during the climax, er, yeah, climax. Anyway…
What Lee is attempting to invoke here is a visceral reaction to something that he is well aware would not be considered, or even thought of by a mentally sapient person (not least of all because it is sexually impractical to an astounding degree). His career is that of a literary psychopath, and I’m sure this is a title of honor for him, and I am not without respect. I am too morbidly curious to give up on extreme horror altogether, and the sub-genre has exploded, perhaps to excess (how fitting) for which Mr. Lee deserves considerable credit. This was deliberately gross, and quite memorably so.
Lee is a prolific raconteur of the severely fucked-up. Straightaway, this tale provides us with such pleasant transgressions as meth abuse, incest, and murder, proceeding quickly to treat us with something much more mind-bogglingly (ew, bad choice of words) deplorable. For the sake of common decency I will not describe what a header is, although the word itself may bring something to mind (ick, stop it!). This is not the first time Ed Lee has explored this great hillbilly pastime. (There is a full novel entitled ‘The Header’, for which there have been two sequels and a film adaptation; I will not be seeing it. Well, maybe).
There is more to the story, but not much. Told from a few different perspectives, and forcing me to assume the roles of none-too-relatable shit-kickers and obese simpletons through the narrative, a backwoods woman has a chance encounter with a writer at a Best Buy and gets him to recite a Lovecraftian chant of necromancy into a voice recorder. This chant is later utilized during the climax, er, yeah, climax. Anyway…
What Lee is attempting to invoke here is a visceral reaction to something that he is well aware would not be considered, or even thought of by a mentally sapient person (not least of all because it is sexually impractical to an astounding degree). His career is that of a literary psychopath, and I’m sure this is a title of honor for him, and I am not without respect. I am too morbidly curious to give up on extreme horror altogether, and the sub-genre has exploded, perhaps to excess (how fitting) for which Mr. Lee deserves considerable credit. This was deliberately gross, and quite memorably so.
April 13, 2024
This was great. Disgusting, vile, erotic, confusing.
August 7, 2018
„Jesteś dla mnie wszystkim” to kwintesencja stylu, tematyki i wszystkich niemal opowieści w duchu white trash gothic spod pióra Edwarda Lee. Ta niedługa nowelka skrywa w swoich zakamarkach wszystko to, o czym niby nie chcielibyśmy wcale czytać, ale co przyciąga nas, miłośników ekstremy, swoimi obmierzłymi, lepkimi paluchami i wciąga w tłuste, krwawe, pokryte ropiejącymi ranami wnętrze. Zapomnijmy o jakichkolwiek granicach – horror ekstremalny z założenia jest transgresyjny, a w wydaniu Lee to trzeci, ba – piąty poziom wtajemniczenia. Tutaj, w ciemnych, wilgotnych, brudnych lasach Appalachów rządzą spotworniałe prawa degeneratów, pełne hardcorowych konceptów, przerysowanej przemocy, która doprowadzona do skrajności nawet już nie przeraża, ale w jakiś sposób bawi. Flaki i gore? To normalka, ot, chleb powszedni, nic nowego pod zapyziałym słonkiem leśnej dziury.
Dla miłośników prozy Edwarda Lee stęsknionych za polskimi wydaniami jego książek „Jesteś dla mnie wszystkim” to prawdziwa perełka. Zapomnijcie o dobrym smaku, zapomnijcie o jakichkolwiek ograniczeniach – tutaj nawet szepty Wielkich Pradawnych docierają przez zawilgotniały pryzmat wykrzywionych drzew.
Dla miłośników prozy Edwarda Lee stęsknionych za polskimi wydaniami jego książek „Jesteś dla mnie wszystkim” to prawdziwa perełka. Zapomnijcie o dobrym smaku, zapomnijcie o jakichkolwiek ograniczeniach – tutaj nawet szepty Wielkich Pradawnych docierają przez zawilgotniały pryzmat wykrzywionych drzew.
August 15, 2016
You know there are things that can't be unseen and I just found out there are things you can't unread.
This lovely little tale is about a woman, Easter, who loves Noot, her incestuous, drug-addicted husband, so much, she would do anything for him.
I think she may go a little too far, in my opinion. Quoting the immortal words of Meatloaf, "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that." I believe I know what he's talking about now.
Since this is an Edward Lee book, I knew it would be disturbing but damn! This was my first introduction into a gross little act called "header". If you don't know what that is, you are better off for it. Wanna hint? Clicky if you can't help yourself
And since I can't help myself, you know what I'm going to do? I am going to go and read his book Header. Gah, I'm such a sick lil' puppy.
This lovely little tale is about a woman, Easter, who loves Noot, her incestuous, drug-addicted husband, so much, she would do anything for him.
I think she may go a little too far, in my opinion. Quoting the immortal words of Meatloaf, "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that." I believe I know what he's talking about now.
Since this is an Edward Lee book, I knew it would be disturbing but damn! This was my first introduction into a gross little act called "header". If you don't know what that is, you are better off for it. Wanna hint? Clicky if you can't help yourself
And since I can't help myself, you know what I'm going to do? I am going to go and read his book Header. Gah, I'm such a sick lil' puppy.
May 19, 2024
A short one by Edward Lee, but still has all of the depravity you would expect by him!
Sex, gore, incest with supernatural elements thrown in. This is classic Lee and I was in for the whole ride!
4/5
Sex, gore, incest with supernatural elements thrown in. This is classic Lee and I was in for the whole ride!
4/5
March 6, 2022
Co to było i dlaczego stwierdziłam, że dobrym pomysłem będzie to przeczytać? XD
November 12, 2023
Edward Lee is an author whose work I've said way too often I really enjoy, so going to be a little bit different here. I'll admit when it comes to this author's novellas I very much have mixed opinions, stories such as Header, In The Year of Lord 2202, and the three installments of The Pig Trilogy are utterly brilliant, but then you also have Trolley No. 1852 and The Bounce House which really weren't my cup of tea at all. So going into his novellas always has me slightly apprehensive as to what the quality of said story will be like. But since this is one of his more popular ones I wanted to give it a go.
A stranger from out of town by the name of Westwood has come to write a non-fiction book on a local haunted house. He meets Easter a woman grieving over the loss of her beloved husband, who she would have done anything for. She proves to be most valuable in finding out information on the house and its location. But it isn't haunted houses that Westwood has to worry about for this woman really would do anything for her husband, anything at all...
I went into this story completely blind, but You Are My Everything is by far one of Edward Lee's most demented novellas yet. It's a disturbing 70-page story that has you curious throughout the narrative about just how far a grieving and yet vulnerable lover is willing to go for her dearly departed lover. The climax is what really makes this novella work as it is by far of Lee's most terrifying. This story really reminded me in a way of Stephen King's Pet Sematary, which is a bit of a hint as to what this story is about for those who are curious.
I wouldn't recommend this for people wanting to get into Edward Lee's work since it does have references from stories such as Header, The Bighead, and The Minotauress, but what we have here is a truly horrifying tale with one of the most fucked up endings I have ever read.
Overall: An outstanding novella that again really isn't for the faint of heart, but if you're a fan of Lee's and haven't read this, I highly recommend you give this story a go! 10/10
A stranger from out of town by the name of Westwood has come to write a non-fiction book on a local haunted house. He meets Easter a woman grieving over the loss of her beloved husband, who she would have done anything for. She proves to be most valuable in finding out information on the house and its location. But it isn't haunted houses that Westwood has to worry about for this woman really would do anything for her husband, anything at all...
I went into this story completely blind, but You Are My Everything is by far one of Edward Lee's most demented novellas yet. It's a disturbing 70-page story that has you curious throughout the narrative about just how far a grieving and yet vulnerable lover is willing to go for her dearly departed lover. The climax is what really makes this novella work as it is by far of Lee's most terrifying. This story really reminded me in a way of Stephen King's Pet Sematary, which is a bit of a hint as to what this story is about for those who are curious.
I wouldn't recommend this for people wanting to get into Edward Lee's work since it does have references from stories such as Header, The Bighead, and The Minotauress, but what we have here is a truly horrifying tale with one of the most fucked up endings I have ever read.
Overall: An outstanding novella that again really isn't for the faint of heart, but if you're a fan of Lee's and haven't read this, I highly recommend you give this story a go! 10/10
February 6, 2021
71 stron prozy ekstremalnej, z której znany jest Edward Lee.
Jeśli ktoś ma wypieki na twarzy 😳 po usłyszeniu słowa "seks" i musi od razu iść się wyspowiadać z tego powodu 🛐, to powinien odpuścić sobie podejmowanie się czytania utworów Lee.
Co do samej treści, to stanowi ona kwintesencję gatunku.
"Uzależnienia, pożądanie, kłamstwa, kazirodztwo, chciwość. Żadna z tych rzeczy nie wybiera ulubieńców. My tylko udajemy, że tak jest".
Oczekujesz horroru ekstremalnego, który ma szokować i / lub zniesmaczać, przełamywać tabu? Trafiłeś idealnie!
Jeśli ktoś ma wypieki na twarzy 😳 po usłyszeniu słowa "seks" i musi od razu iść się wyspowiadać z tego powodu 🛐, to powinien odpuścić sobie podejmowanie się czytania utworów Lee.
Co do samej treści, to stanowi ona kwintesencję gatunku.
"Uzależnienia, pożądanie, kłamstwa, kazirodztwo, chciwość. Żadna z tych rzeczy nie wybiera ulubieńców. My tylko udajemy, że tak jest".
Oczekujesz horroru ekstremalnego, który ma szokować i / lub zniesmaczać, przełamywać tabu? Trafiłeś idealnie!
January 31, 2022
I like Ed Lee. I read almost all his books and there is one big issue that haunts me - he is so predictable, his patterns of writing, and even his gore stories are no longer shocking - everyone has the same motifs - fucking a hole in a head, enourmous dialogues about how big the protagonist's dick is and so on. It gets tiring after some time.
But then again, isn't it the real thing I why read them?
But then again, isn't it the real thing I why read them?
March 20, 2020
You know there are things that can't be unseen and I just found out there are things you can't unread.
This lovely little tale is about a woman, Easter, who loves Noot, her incestuous, drug-addicted husband, so much, she would do anything for him.
I think she may go a little too far, in my opinion. Quoting the immortal words of Meatloaf, "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that." I believe I know what he's talking about now.
Since this is an Edward Lee book, I knew it would be disturbing but damn! This was my first introduction into a gross little act called "header". If you don't know what that is, you are better off for it. Wanna hint? Clicky if you can't help yourself
And since I can't help myself, you know what I'm going to do? I am going to go and read his book Header. Gah, I'm such a sick lil' puppy.
January 16, 2023
Standard Edward Lee fair. Not nearly as good as some of his other, longer works. It feels like perversity for perversity’s sake.
April 2, 2023
It was really great one evening journey
December 10, 2024
Short, and just ok. One fellow comes back from another story.
October 1, 2012
I thought this was a great "Header" novella. While I would have like more headers in the story, it was definitely short and sweet. Kidding, this book might have been short but like the rest of Lee's work it is anything but sweet. It is full of incest, arcane rituals, headers, and of course, sex. My only complaint was that the story ended when it did. I'd love to have seen this a little longer.
November 8, 2014
Twisted short story. A woman gets revenge after catching her husband and daughter having sex together. The first half of the story was amusing as Easter gets revenge on her twisted bitch daughter. But I found the second half of the story a bit dull and boring and only finished it because it was short.
July 25, 2014
I don't really know if there is anything to say about this book. If you are looking for something that makes you think "WTF did I just read?" then this is it!
November 5, 2015
Dammit guys, why did Lee wrap this up so soon, I was actually enjoying it. (Guess I need help)
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