The Withering: Poems of Supernatural Horror - Couverture souple

Dioses, Ashley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0578823608 ISBN 13 : 9780578823607

Editeur : Jackanapes Press, 2020

Synopsis

A TOR NIGHTFIRE SELECTION FOR 10 BEST HORROR POETRY COLLECTIONS OF 2020

In these poems, Ashley Dioses evokes an unrelenting sequence of raw, carnal images sure to delight all fans of the morbid and the macabre. Down frightful corridors both internal and external, the poetess leads us through the cobwebs of the natural world, through the entrance to a realm of sorcery, demons, and the undead. Emerging from this twilight Otherworld, harrowed by haunting sensations, we find ourselves questioning sanity as we stumble upon a surgical suite filled with delectable selections of bloody delights. Treat yourself to some cemetery necromancy, or sit back and enjoy a nice cloying sorbet with The Withering. With a foreword by horror/sci-fi/cyberpunk legend John Shirley, and featuring cover art and numerous interior illustrations by noted British weird artist Mutartis Boswell.

Praise for The Withering

“. . . poetry from a night-blooming blossom . . . these poems are a wild view into the mind of a talented young woman, throbbing with incantatory power, and making this reader wonder if she will eventually become the Poet Laureate of the modern Goth subculture.” — John Shirley, author of Wetbones and Demons, from his foreword


“With these verses, Ashley Dioses weaves together the incantatory rhythm of a witch’s spell. Luminous language is contorted to reveal dark images, connected to traditional Gothic works and yet not limited by them. The mysterious is entwined with the playful, and the result will lure you to a very beautiful and disturbing place.” — S. P. Miskowski, author of The Worst Is Yet to Come


“The worlds of The Withering are bleak, black-white places. The poems of this collection are glimmering, bright-clean bones picked dry, clean and neat. They come from a visceral, bleeding place, and expose a raw, powerful feeling. Guillotines, glitter and even a wry sense of humor, Ashley Dioses’ second collection shows just as much talent as the first.” — S. L. Edwards, author of The Death of an Author

“The Withering by Ashley Dioses is a showcase of rich, gothic delights: an ecstasy of love and life lost. Dioses paints bleak and exotic, lyric hellscapes and lush narratives, often describing eternal, supernatural suffering and vengeance from the inside out. The subtext of so many of these dark, often wrathful poems presents the reader with a plaintive, deeply human question: what am I? Ultimately, the poetic persona empowers herself through an act of self-discovery, answering her own question, exultantly, by addressing the reader (and perhaps Nature itself): ‘I am your Monster.’” — Jon Padgett, author of The Secret of Ventriloquism and co-editor-in-chief of Vastarien: A Literary Journal

“With Diary of a Sorceress Ashley Dioses established her place at the top of the Weird Poetry field. With The Withering she shows that she has actually been there for years; like one of the succubi in her poems, lying in wait, ready to dazzle and destroy us. In the modern era, Weird Poetry has rarely been so sublime.” — Obadiah Baird, editor of The Audient Void: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Dark Fantasy

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

ASHLEY DIOSES is a writer of dark fiction and poetry from southern California. Her debut collection of dark traditional poetry, Diary of a Sorceress, was released in 2017 by Hippocampus Press. Her poetry has appeared in Weird Fiction Review, Cemetery Dance Publications, Weirdbook, Black Wings VI: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror, Vastarien, and others. Her poem "Cobwebs" was mentioned in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year Volume Twelve. She has also appeared in the Horror Writers Association Poetry Showcase in 2016 and 2020 for her poems "Ghoul Mistress" and "Her Heart that Flames Would Not Devour" respectively. She was also a nominee for the 2019 Pushcart Prize. She is an active member in the Horror Writers Association and a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. She blogs at fiendlover.blogspot.com.

MUTARTIS BOSWELL is an English artist hailing from the rural West of the UK, where he lives with his partner and two kids while creating his weird and atmospheric worlds. He's worked as an artist for Feral House and Dynatox Ministries, and his illustrations have appeared in various weird fiction publications such as Spectral Realms, Occult Detective Magazine, and many others. He also makes underground comix and has been a regular contributor to Satanic Mojo Comix and Dystopian Chronicles. More of his art can be seen at boswellart.blogspot.com and boswellart.bigcartel.com.

JOHN SHIRLEY has written dozens of novels, numerous story collections, TV scripts, and screenplays (e.g., The Crow, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). His story collection Black Butterflies won the Bram Stoker Award. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. His most recent albums are Spaceship Landing in a Cemetery and John Shirley & the Screaming Geezers. Visit john-shirley.com and screaminggeezers.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jackanapes Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0578823608
• ISBN 13: 9780578823607
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Boswell Mutartis
• Nombre de pages: 140
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