Tastes Less Savory
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Where are my splatterpunk fans out there? My gory speculative fiction peeps? ...People that read American Psycho or Guts by Chucky P without puking?
Post me your favorite books, please. And remind me to read In The Miso Soup.
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@SilentHills Does Poppy Z Brite Count? I had a phase where I was mildly obsessed.
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I kind of liked her Crow novel, but it was a little hard to get through all the twincest.
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You should, if you haven't, check out anything by John Shirley. He's a sci-fi/horror writer who gets pretty detailed.
I recommend his short story anthologies, especially Really, Really, Really, Really Weird Stories (divided into several sections, each one with stories weirder than the previous) and Black Butterflies (split into two parts: "This World", where it's stories without any supernatural/sci-fi elements to them; and "That World", in which there are).
His novels are good, too, but imo, not as captivating as his short form; if you do check out his novels, try Wetbones and Demons first, I would suggest.
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@Wretched I think Poppy Z. Brite counts. It's been a looong time since I read a book by her. I should try again.
@GreenFlashlight She also wrote a short story in the Crow compilation story/poetry book Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams. That one was a lot more palatable to me than some of her other ideas.
I also coincidentally really recommend that book. I read it so many times in high school.
@Coin I'm trying to remember if I've ever read John Shirley. That name sounds really familiar, but I'm going to look at some of his stuff when I get off work today!
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@SilentHills said in Tastes Less Savory:
@Wretched I think Poppy Z. Brite counts. It's been a looong time since I read a book by her. I should try again.
@GreenFlashlight She also wrote a short story in the Crow compilation story/poetry book Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams. That one was a lot more palatable to me than some of her other ideas.
I also coincidentally really recommend that book. I read it so many times in high school.
@Coin I'm trying to remember if I've ever read John Shirley. That name sounds really familiar, but I'm going to look at some of his stuff when I get off work today!
He likes to write in present tense a lot.
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Max Brooks' new novel, Devolution, is great
