On the Road: The Original Scroll25 reviews Jack Kerouac Viking Adult, 2007 In a Class by Itself + awesome read + Wow! He KNEW Time! + Highly Recommended             The Hidden Library of Tanith Lee: Themes and Subtexts from Dionysos to the Immortal Gene1 review Mavis Haut McFarland & Company, 2001 Fascinating overview, but.... I've been fascinated by Tanith Lee's books ever since encountering _Red as Blood_ as a preteen. Since then, I've been acquiring more of them, and have noticed (both consciously and not) a number of the themes that weave throughout her work. _The Hidden Library_ discusses many of these, largely as ...             Madame La Mort and Other Plays (PAJ Books) Rachilde, Frazer Lively The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998 Rachilde is the pseudonym of Marguerite Eymery Vallette (1860-1953), one of the few women active in Paris theater in the 1890's. She was a writer with a powerful personality, who made her place at the very center of the Symbolist movement in France, but she is relatively unknown in this country. She wrote over twenty plays that were produced throughout much of Europe. Rachilde was a pioneer of ...             Death's Master: 25 reviews Lee Tanith DAW, 1982 Death's Master + My favorite of the Flat Earth books. + Nothing else compares + This volume is unexpressibly beautiful work of somber art. + The Master of Death faces off with the Demon Lord             Merely Mary Ann1 review Israel Zangwill Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2006 Why I published this book This is a Dybbuk Press book and I published it, so obviously this isn't an unbiased review. But what review ever is? Anyhow, this is a Victorian novella by Israel Zangwill more known for his zionist activities than his literary output these days. His most famous books are Children of the Ghetto ...             God Laughs When You Die4 reviews Michael Boatman Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2007 A Wonderful Debut + fast, violent, and unsympathetic + Dark, Skanky, Funky Little Twisted Tales: Performance Art Michael Boatman's debut collection is not one to miss by any means. He blends humor with horror, the strange with the unknown--and I loved it! Reading through the pages, it just slipped right through my fingers, and before I knew it I was done with the book begging for there to be more. This is a ...             Desolation Angels37 reviews Jack Kerouac Riverhead Books, 1995 Timid Before God + I wouldn't trade it for the World + Gives You Much to Think About + the death of sal paradise + Mature and well written             The Complete Stories of Truman Capote11 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 2005 extraordinary small jewels + Terminally brilliant + Not His Best, But. . . + It's Great to Remember             Wormwood: A Collection of Short Stories38 reviews Poppy Z. Brite Dell, 1995 ...rimmed in blood and ash + So Poppy, Poe, and Lovecraft walk into a bar... + Butthead: Uh, he, he, he-Poppy said 'wood'! + Dark, terrifying, wonderful short stories! + Quiet and tight.             House Of Incest11 reviews Anais Nin Swallow Press, 1958 Background research may be necessary + A Wonderful Dream + Nin's powerful language + PERFECT!             The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden24 reviews Catherynne M. Valente Spectra, 2006 Please excuse my spoiler + Intricately woven fantasy tales + Rich, complex, magical. Style has its faults, but on the whole this is hugely enjoyable novel. Highly recommended + Orphan Tales book I             Other Voices, Other Rooms40 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 Fabulous Capote + Minority View + A Difficult Read and a Complex Work + Sparkling and Intriguing Capote in His First Novel             Personal Darkness (Blood Opera Sequence, Book 2)3 reviews Lee Tanith Dell, 1994 Vivid and beautifully dark... + My Favorite Book in The Blood Opera Sequence It took me over three months to get ahold of this book, but it was WELL worth the effort. The ending of "Dark Dance" dissapointed me, because I wished for more of the story. "Personal Darkness" picks up right where it left off, which pleased me extremely much. Let's just say that I've never in my ...             Lost Souls227 reviews Poppy Z. Brite Penguin Books Ltd, 1994 Sayuri's Review + My favorite book + a tragic tale with a new twist on the vampire legend I love this book. It was probably one of the best I have ever read. Brite made me sympathize with all of the characters and the story had me on edge for such a long time. I couldn't put it down! Her characters were so deep and developed that I felt as though there was no true villan to the book ...             Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)73 reviews Allen Ginsberg City Lights Publishers, 2001 Howl, And Other Pocket Poems + Ginsberg the 'greatest'?.. hmmm + Seeking Jazz or S*x or Soup + Amazing + good book             Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems29 reviews Edgar Allan Poe Castle Books, 2003 Masterful works + Great book! + Berenice: Poe at his grimmest + Awesome Edgar Allen Poe Book! + Excellent condition             Miles (Picador Books)65 reviews Miles Davis, Quincy Troupe Picador, 1990 Miles + amazing ! + a long bunch of Miles + essential Jazz history             The Vagabond6 reviews Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001 Colette breaks free of Willy in great triumph! + The Smell of Rancid Grease Paint + The Vagabond inspired me to become a writer + Penetrating and Original + Way ahead of her time             The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective (Revised and Expanded)13 reviews Harlan Ellison Morpheus International, 2005 I Have No Book, And I Must Read + A treat !! + it's ellison and it's the size of a brick! :) + Life without Ellison would be dull + Xenogenesis and so much more             Lovedeath13 reviews Dan Simmons Warner Books, 1993 One of the best books I've read in a long time + There is writing ...and then there is WRITING! + These stories felt just right for me. Almost every collection of novellas is met with a preface that says something along the lines of "Novellas are great to write but impossible to sell" which might be a good thing, because when novellas get published they are some of the best work of the particular writer. These five novellas are ...