Authors: Steve Berman
ISBN-13: 9781590210000, ISBN-10: 159021000X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lethe Press
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Talented newcomer Steve Berman has assembled his most compelling stories of trysts that range from the eerie to the horrifying to the wondrous.
Cut and paste a voodoo doll made of magazine clippings…watch as a ouija board spells out your deepest secret…mourn the loss of your boyfriend while awaiting his ghost… listen to the ancient whisperings of a threadbare flapper dress…gamble for more than money on a Southern riverboat…renounce your citizenship to walk through a restricted area, rife with magic.
Experience passion and loss, all within the pages of this triskaidecollection — thirteen stories where the supernatural is as likely to doom as to save those that are drawn to its power.
Trysts offers readers dark and quirky tales from a distinctive new voice in gay fiction.
"All in all, Trysts is a marvelous collection and a surprisingly adept debut for Berman. Goths, fans of the horror and dark fantasy genres, and those seeking a little something to spice up an autumn evening will all certainly get their money's worth here!"
Beach 2 | 1 | |
Stormed and Taken in Prague | 9 | |
His Paper Doll | 17 | |
The Resurrectionist | 23 | |
Path of Corruption | 31 | |
Vespers | 47 | |
Left Alone | 55 | |
Cries Beneath the Plaster | 59 | |
Finn's Night | 69 | |
Resemblances | 79 | |
Tea Time with Corn Dolly | 87 | |
The Anthvoke | 95 | |
Hair Like Fire, Blood Like Silk | 119 |