Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror

by Mark Matthews

As Joe Hill so aptly noted, Horror isn't about extreme sadism; it's about extreme empathy.

But that’s the interesting thing about suicide. It’s a personal thing, perhaps the most personal thing of all, the very last measure of control.

Bookstores and libraries provided succor, a spiritual peace that saw us return to something almost human, cowed by the awe of a hundred thousand voices clamoring to be heard above the din of reverent quiet.

“It’s frustrating, worse than the notion of death.” “What is?” “The idea of never being good at life.”