errantdreams's review
4.0
Black Butterflies, by John Shirley, is a collection of horror short stories. It’s broken into two pieces: This World, and That World. “This World” is comprised of stories in the ‘real,’ non-supernatural world. “That World” includes some less-explainable phenomena.
Sex, drugs, street life, sexual assault, and death are strewn all over the pages. This World is lurid and dark. Drug dealers, addicts, and hustlers abound. We find ourselves in the midst of cannibals, affairs, domestic abuse, and drunks.
In That World some items are genuinely creepy, but a few feel more silly than scary. Shirley seems to have a bit of a fixation on the act of eating people’s flesh. The Old Ones and zombies make cameo appearances.
I enjoyed Black Butterflies. It isn’t my ideal of horror, but it’s well worth reading
Visit my site for a longer review: http://www.errantdreams.com/2016/02/short-take-black-butterflies-john-shirley/
Sex, drugs, street life, sexual assault, and death are strewn all over the pages. This World is lurid and dark. Drug dealers, addicts, and hustlers abound. We find ourselves in the midst of cannibals, affairs, domestic abuse, and drunks.
In That World some items are genuinely creepy, but a few feel more silly than scary. Shirley seems to have a bit of a fixation on the act of eating people’s flesh. The Old Ones and zombies make cameo appearances.
I enjoyed Black Butterflies. It isn’t my ideal of horror, but it’s well worth reading
Visit my site for a longer review: http://www.errantdreams.com/2016/02/short-take-black-butterflies-john-shirley/
More...