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2013 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention (5* from at least 1 judge)
This diverse anthology of work in homage to the great gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is divided into three sections: “Poe the Man” (pieces based on the known facts of Poe’s life), “Poe’s Writing” (stories and poems based on Poe’s work), and “Reading Poe” (pieces that show the influence of Poe on “queer,” marginalized readers in later generations). The effect of these different approaches is multi-dimensional.In the section on “Poe the Man,” the sweetest piece is “The City and the Stra...
"The City and The Stranger," by Seth CadinThis is the first tale in Where Thy dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allen Poe, and I have to say it starts off with a perfect mix of lyricism, darkness, and just a trace or two of the erotic. The first part of this collection is "Poe the Man" and this tale takes the time Poe was in New York (and rather impoverished) and spins a kind of "what-if?" around the poem Israfel.The mix of real and the potentiality of what might perhaps be less real is drawn lig...
Queering Edgar Allan Poe is such a wonderful idea I can’t believe no one’s thought of it before, but at least Steve Berman is on the ball. And, as wonderful as the idea itself is, the product is even better. Where Thy Dark Eye Glances is one of the most consistent and consistently imaginative anthologies I’ve read in quite a while. The first section is “Poe the Man,” which has stories and poems featuring Poe himself. The second section, “Poe’s Writings,” comprises the meat of the book and contai...
Slowly I’ve been getting through the massive piles of books I have around my studio – and inside my NOOK – and more than a few are from queer publishing house Lethe Press. From poetry to non-fiction, they offer up something for most bookworms, including horror and mystery offerings for those of us with darker tastes.The first options of these offerings I delved into were two anthologies. Each of these books asked their authors to draw inspiration from two different historic horror icons; literar...
I have a story in this anthology "TELLTALE". It's a great book, with a combination of essays and fiction, inspired by both/either Poe's stories or Poe the man. Enjoy!!
