Cruella Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Me starting this topic is perfectly absurd, and for this I apologize. I've been a fan of the author for ages, ever since I discovered her OZ fanfiction - as disgusting as anything I've read and as original as anything I've read save "the great ones". Her writing style pretty much locks you up in a head of one disgusting human being or another, worse prison than Oz by far, and step by step, you learn to understand a monster you've stumbled into a little too well. I've read and re-read these fanfics, which also ruined me for most other fanfiction. Later I found out that Gemma Files (which turned out to be an official name) is also a professional writer of horror. That made perfect sense though - her world is scary enough even without the supernatural. Her short story Emperor's Old Bones won International Horror Guild Award. I've read this one and couple of others, all I could get my hands on to, including Kissing Carrion which reminded me quite a lot of Meathouse Man. Her characters are much more peculiar than Martin's, though, which is why she'll probably stay more of a cult writer. She also has a fantasy western series about insane gay outlaws possessed by ancient gods, that kind of thing. Hopefully I'll get this book when and if I visit USA, but for now it's out of reach. So I haven't read much of "official" work by writer, which, like I said, is why it's rather ridiculous of me to start this topic. Still, I was really looking forward to your insightful crowd's opinions on this writer and maybe this series (spoilers don't scare me), and I couldn't find any topic about her, so here we are. It really does suck to be a fan of English speaking writers and to live in Russia... Anyone read anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Moody Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 I've read a few of her short horror stories in anthologies; they've all been very good, particularly "each thing i show you is a piece of my death," an epistolary story co-written with her husband, SFF author Stephen J. Barringer. I keep meaning to pick up the Hexslinger books and her collections, Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart, but I never seem to get around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruella Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 I looked for it and found it, it seems to be in free public online in Apex magazine. It was a bit confusing for me (and I know background legend from other sources), but an interesting read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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