Sick: An Anthology of Illness
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Compiler: John Edward LawsonIllustrator: Andi Olsen
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-11-30
ISBN: 0974503118
Number of pages: 300
Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming Press
Book Reviews of Sick: An Anthology of Illness
Book Review: Pass me that barf bag, the one with the pretty picture on it
Summary: 5 Stars
'Sick' is sick at it's best form, both ethereal and bloody and down right retching.
The editorial blurb said of Sick, 'Themes explored are physical, mental, and societal in nature.'
Not the best way to put in the divider marks, but Sick is basically broken down into three parts.
Part 1.01 - God Playing On The Posterior Of A Man When He Is Thinking About Tulips, would lean toward the more physical of the malaises.
Part 1.02 - Spontaneous Ars Poetica, tends to drift into the surreal.
Part 1.03 - Excessive Exposure To Time, seemed to leap into some shallow ponds of SciFi/Horror and left the best taste in my mouth of all.
There are too many stories to list individually, mostly short fiction with interspersed pieces of flash fiction to fill out the menu. You will find grotesqueries revulsion, stimulation, comedy, blood and gore, surrealism, and many other oddities that melted in a very satisfactory way on my horror palate.
At the back, Editor John Edward Lawson has kindly included short bios of the contributing authors, which is always a nice dessert after a horror read to me.
My absolute favorite story would have to be 'A Night To Remember With Mocha Sumatra', by Mark McLaughlin.
Very honorable mentions would also be:
The Garbage Eaters by Scott Christian Carr
The Legend Of Jimmy Wad by Vincent W. Sakowski
Wuornos by Harold Jaffe
The Will Of The Dresser, The Will Of The Blender by Kevin L. Donihe and satan165.
The Wishing Urn by Steve Goldsmith
The King Old Fellow by James Chambers
Drainage by Christian Westerlund
Along Came Auntie Rose Mary by Brutal Dreamer
And many many more.
If you like horror anthologies as much as I do, craving that tiniest of snacks before bedtime to feed and nurture the coming nightmare, then you must own a copy of Sick. It fed my soul just fine.
Of notable mention also is the amazing cover art of this book by David Anthony Migitis. I strongly recommend if you like surreal, odd, despairing artwork; you should check out his other works. Very talented artist. Enjoy!
Summary of Sick: An Anthology of Illness
The publishing world has just received its bill of health, and the prognosis isn't pretty. Literary marauders are rising up from the hazardous material bins labeled Horror, Surrealism, and Science Fiction. Here the pen is not merely mightier than the sword; it is a plague heralding the apocalypse for convention, writing a dirge for complacency. The stories herein explore illness in all its forms: physical, mental, and societal. These sick stories are horrendous, hilarious, and stupefying dissections of creative minds on the scalpel's edge.Horror Books
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