Canopic Jars: Tales of Mummies and Mummification

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"From a filmmaker's perspective, these stories are truly cinematic, with compelling plots and well-drawn characters ... It's anthologies like these that will inspire a new generation of storytellers and keep the current ones working overtime to move and entertain." From the Foreword by Patrick Rea, director of the Lionsgate Film, Nailbiter. Their desiccated corpses creep through dusty desert crypts and cursed bogs; crowded old world bazaars and desolate no man's lands. Most of all, they haunt the darkest of our dreams, unleash the deepest of our fears, for once they were us. Exhume terrifying secrets and unravel truths best left entombed. A horror anthology including tales from H. P. Lovecraft, T.G. Arsenault, Michael Bailey, Eric S. Brown, Judi Ann Calhoun, Tracy L. Carbone, Karen Dent, Roxanne Dent, Jonathan Dubey, Allen Dusk, Melissa M. Gates, Marianne Halbert, David Hayes, Michael Hughes, Joe Knetter, Esther S. Leiper-Estabrooks, John McIlveen, Gregory L. Norris, Philip C. Perron, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Douglas B. Poirier, James Pratt, M.J. Preston, Kyle Rader, Suzanne Robb, Gord Rollo, Lawrence Santoro, Brett A. Savory, B.E. Scully, Henry Snider, and Erin Thorne.

Language: English

Pages: 388

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Great Old Ones Publishing

Release: November 01, 2013

ISBN: 0615912028

ISBN 13: 9780615912028

Canopic Jars: Tales of Mummies and Mummification

Philip C. Perron

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Language: English

Pages: 388

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Great Old Ones Publishing

Release: November 01, 2013

ISBN: 0615912028

ISBN 13: 9780615912028

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Sydney

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Nov 23, 2024

“Canopic Jars: Tales of Mummies and Mummification” is a superb collection of unsettling, disquieting tales with a vast range of tones, styles, and voices. Esther M. Leiper-Estabrooks’ “Death in a High Place” is a seductive introduction to a compilation of pieces which place a contemporary slant on an ancient art. The interpretations on the theme here are broad enough to keep it fresh, interesting, and unique--and all lead up to Lovecraft’s “Under the Pyramids”, which serves as inspiration, but i...
Joseph Patchen

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Nov 23, 2024

Open my review on lurid-lit.com.
PJ

(5/5)

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Nov 23, 2024

A great collection of authors. Run-off 31 is a great short.
Wayne's

(3/5)

1

Nov 23, 2024

There are some great stories in here and some fairly ordinary. It is worth reading and the digital copy worth the purchase price.
Michael Kochuga

(4/5)

1

Nov 23, 2024

I found this compilation quite enjoyable. The stories are sometimes a little loose on the 'mummy' feeling, but if one accepts a more modern iteration of this classic monster then these tales will hit home soundly. Many stories carry unique feelings to them, and inspire various levels of response in the reader, keeping for a fresh feeling as you drive through the various stories.Reveiw of a free contest copy via GoodReads.
Perla

(5/5)

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Nov 23, 2024

I was given this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.This was the most amazing collection of mummy stories I have ever read. I loved how many different representations of mummies were presented and how every story was different than the others, but also shared some similarities. I highly recommend this book to mummy fans.I also loved that fact that as I finished reading this book, there happened to be a marathon of mummy movies featured on A&E starting with The Mummy and The Mummy Return...

Sydney

(5/5)

Nov 23, 2024

“Canopic Jars: Tales of Mummies and Mummification” is a superb collection of unsettling, disquieting tales with a vast range of tones, styles, and voices. Esther M. Leiper-Estabrooks’ “Death in a High Place” is a seductive introduction to a compilation of pieces which place a contemporary slant on an ancient art. The interpretations on the theme here are broad enough to keep it fresh, interesting, and unique--and all lead up to Lovecraft’s “Under the Pyramids”, which serves as inspiration, but i...

Joseph Patchen

Open my review on lurid-lit.com.

A great collection of authors. Run-off 31 is a great short.

Wayne's

(3/5)

There are some great stories in here and some fairly ordinary. It is worth reading and the digital copy worth the purchase price.

Michael Kochuga

(4/5)

I found this compilation quite enjoyable. The stories are sometimes a little loose on the 'mummy' feeling, but if one accepts a more modern iteration of this classic monster then these tales will hit home soundly. Many stories carry unique feelings to them, and inspire various levels of response in the reader, keeping for a fresh feeling as you drive through the various stories.Reveiw of a free contest copy via GoodReads.

Perla

I was given this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.This was the most amazing collection of mummy stories I have ever read. I loved how many different representations of mummies were presented and how every story was different than the others, but also shared some similarities. I highly recommend this book to mummy fans.I also loved that fact that as I finished reading this book, there happened to be a marathon of mummy movies featured on A&E starting with The Mummy and The Mummy Return...

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Canopic Jars: Tales of Mummies and Mummification

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