Julian Darius
Paperback | Pages: 60 pages Rating: 4.03 | 35 Users | 7 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 1475198183 (ISBN13: 9781475198188) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.martianlit.com/books/5/shedding-skin-two-tales-of-horror-and-identity/ |
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In the title story, a man's girlfriend gives birth while visiting her sick aunt in New Mexico. When he goes to visit them and his newborn child, he discovers his girlfriend's Native American heritage... and has a hallucinatory experience that will haunt their relationship for years to come. Also included is "Inherited Things," a short and disturbing vampire story starring two generations of the wealthy Sedgwick family. From Martian Lit. More info at http: //martianlit.comItemize Epithetical Books Shedding Skin: Two Tales of Horror and Identity
| Title | : | Shedding Skin: Two Tales of Horror and Identity |
| Author | : | Julian Darius |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 60 pages |
| Published | : | June 6th 2012 by Martian Lit (first published June 5th 2012) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Short Stories. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 35 Users | 7 ReviewsCrit Epithetical Books Shedding Skin: Two Tales of Horror and Identity
After graduating magna cum laude from Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisconsin), Julian Darius obtained his M.A. in English, authoring a thesis on John Milton and utopianism. In 2002, he moved to Waikiki, teaching college while obtaining an M.A. in French (high honors) and a Ph.D. in English. In 2011, he founded Martian Lit, an offbeat literary house and comics publisher, for which he writesInteresting idea, but it seems like the stories could have been expanded on to be more cohesive.
Short but very good and with a twist. I really enjoyed this little book. I loved "Inherited Things". Can't stop thinking about this short story. I wish it was longer, but I liked the way it ended. My mind is playing so many scenarios right now that I wish I had a way with words.
Neither story is note worthy. I read this in maybe 30min during my lunch break, while eating lunch. The concept of the Shedding Skin was interesting but the execution failed miserably.Inherited things was just awful. A perverted psychopath keeping a vampire to turn a young girl so he can use her for his sick murderous fetishes...and bequeath her to his son.
I got an early draft of this collection from Julian. What an amazing work. Darius's prose style is reminiscent of Richard Ford or Raymond Carver. But, the plots and characters are far from anything you will find in most literature. This is truly some disturbing stuff, but I say that as a compliment. You will not be disappointed. For anyone that likes Lovecraft, Stephen King, Richard Ford, and Alan Moore.
The title story "Shedding Skin" is really interesting and makes up about three-quarters of the book. It's about a guy whose wife has a baby at her Native American aunt's house. Five years later something strange happens.The second story is much shorter and more abrupt. A guy's dying father tells him he keeps vampires in his dungeon. It was kind of an interesting idea of what you can do with your own pet vampire, something they could try on "True Blood" or something.
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