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The Penitent

John Peyton Cooke

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Novelette in which Gary, a young Goth masochist, meets his match in a sadistic young woman. Her bloodlust drives her to use Gary in a dark ritual at once bizarre and familiar ...

"John Peyton Cooke's 'The Penitent' is a stunner, set in the Southwest in the landscape of the penitente cults. Cooke manages to evoke a classic sadomasochistic relationship with a wry twist that verges on the genuinely tragic." -- Edward Bryant in LOCUS magazine, December 1995

Originally published 1995 in anthology DARK LOVE, edited by Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer, and Martin H. Greenberg.

Language: English

Pages: 18

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Editions Cuir Noir

Release: March 05, 2011

The Penitent

John Peyton Cooke

0/5 ( ratings)

Novelette in which Gary, a young Goth masochist, meets his match in a sadistic young woman. Her bloodlust drives her to use Gary in a dark ritual at once bizarre and familiar ...

"John Peyton Cooke's 'The Penitent' is a stunner, set in the Southwest in the landscape of the penitente cults. Cooke manages to evoke a classic sadomasochistic relationship with a wry twist that verges on the genuinely tragic." -- Edward Bryant in LOCUS magazine, December 1995

Originally published 1995 in anthology DARK LOVE, edited by Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer, and Martin H. Greenberg.

Language: English

Pages: 18

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Editions Cuir Noir

Release: March 05, 2011

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