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Author Steve Berman offers up a collection of 13 "queer and weird" stories that definitely take the reader on a haunting ride. His worlds walk a thin line between the ordinary and the extraordinary, with lots of hot, tormented boys thrown into the mix for good measure. It was really quite an exotic treat.
4.5 starsThirteen stories, all them different though some of them share characters and a common background. Beach 2: Two couples meet for some holidays in the beach. Only one of them is not a couple but just friends, and the other one is less of a couple than what they themselves believe. Enticing. Really. Sexual tension transpires in a really smooth way, not even a kiss or a clear word about it, just through smiles and lingering gazes… Stormed and Taken in Prague An American goes to Prague to
Due to life this book took me almost month to finish, but I finally did it!. I don't remember how I got this book on my library, I guess some free offer because I never read anthologies, I don't feel satisfied reading short stories from a bunch of different authors. However, this one is just from one author that's also new to me so I was like why not try this one?.Like the title says this book is about queer (though mostly m/m) short stories involving characters going through weird situations wi...
There are twenty stories in TRYSTS, and several of them show the rough edges of a writer who is just starting out. These stories date from the late 90s through the collection's publication in 2001. Four of the twenty stories take place in Berman's dark-fantasy world of The Fallen Area, a section (or perhaps all) of Philadelphia that has been cut off from the rest of the civilized world because something has happened to change it -- magic works, people develop Talents or Afflictions, normal peopl...
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Berman takes a twist on the dreaded number thirteen and dares the reader to look away in this collection of short twisted stories. The various themes involve romance, passion, science fiction, unhappy endings, short encounters, magic, death, life, and a bit of whimsy. Fans of the author will likely devour these stories that revolve around the loneliness of life and needing a human connection, sometimes at a great cost. Berman’s masterful touch of horror and dark elements blended with touches of
A terrific little collection of stories by a very gifted writer! Steve Berman is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors!
A bit of a patchy start but by the end I was totally sucked in to the gritty fantasy world that is the setting for many of the stories. left me wanting more!
Trysts. Rendezvous. Encounters. Coincidental crossings of paths...Or are they coincidence? Did that man you admired from afar this morning just happen to pass you on another street later, or was he following you? Or were you the one doing the seeking out? These tales are, by and large, stories which sex plays a role, which does not make them romances. Only a few would qualify as romance by any definition, and those are mostly unhealthy romances, the kind where you stay for damaged, codependent r...
Funny, sexy and imaginative. Good writer.
Steve Berman's cooked up an haunting collection of thirteen tales in this one. Mysterious, odd, quirky and haunting, he looks just beyond the veneer of normal into those dark places we try so hard to avoid. Hinting at erotic, these tales ooze with Gothic tone, atmosphere and the macabre. Rather than falling back on cheap sex or even worse, gore and violence, Borman chooses to look into humanity's dark side. His stories explore those shadowy parts in all of us that lure us to make the wrong decis...
Just ... Dark fantasy, Gothic, romantic fiction at its best. Frightening and enticing in the same breath, in every sentence.
Great CollectionI enjoyed this collection of stories by Steve Bergman greatly. A nice assortment of eerie and mysterious storytelling with a dash of tension and a sprinkle of eroticism.
This is an odd collection of queer stories that all touch on the uncanny, the weird, the otherworldly, even the sublime. While of these stories interconnect with characters that appear more than once, not all have some kind of connection to the others. Berman offers a tantalizing look into a reality remarkably similar to our own, but just a touch askew. In fact, the last couple of tales offer a world vision so intriguing that I would love to see some novels written exploring the same reality.
I was going to give this collection two stars until I read the last four connected stories about the Fall. I would definitely be interested in reading more about Caleb and the other Infected/Talented living Inside. The rest of the stories consist mainly of riffs on the Pygmalion myth featuring varying degrees of pederasty (not really my cup of tea) with some of them being reminiscent of the works of Poppy Z Brite (gross) and others those of Clive Barker (yay). Overall, an uneven collection heade...
Writing is strong, I just didn't really connect with any of the stories.
SlashReaders: Back to Berman, I have read quiet a lot of his works and as always I find that there are things I love and things that do not appeal to me so much. *chuckles* As it is with many things, I suppose. For me the high light of this anthology were the 'Fallen' stories. I have a weakness for interlocking short stories and so it was a real pleasure for me, upon arriving at the end of this book.Beyond that I think that "His Paper Doll", was my second of the stories at the beginning of this
