The Garden is as much about the testing, and mending, of a sisterly relationship as anything else. The apocalypse is merely a reason for their cloistering, and the reckoning they face with each other.
Author Archives: Elisabeth Ring
‘First Love’ Considers Friendship in its Many Forms
While her takes on friendship may come from places of personal specificity, they nonetheless find broad resonance in how I think most of us have thought of friendship, even if unconsciously.
‘Horror’ Examines the Shadow of Genre – and Within
There’s no horror in a vacuum, Horror Movie seems to be telling us, and the way we ingest and interact with it says as much about us as the content itself.
New Story Published in Pulp Asylum!
My spooky little flash story “Safe and Warm” is now live in the newest issue of Pulp Asylum!
‘Beijing’ May Sprawl, but the Stakes are Personal
The stories within Beijing Sprawl aren’t cozy or happy, necessarily, but they feel like they capture a moment of life that will become nostalgic, and that growing nostalgia bleeds through the page.
Despite Unevenness, ‘Deer Woman’ a Compelling Read
The disjointed nature between the flowing river of words and characterizations afforded Starr and those she comes into contact with versus the gravel pit given to the villains makes Deer Woman feel at times as though it had been written by two authors taking turns, or composed of two different manuscripts shuffled together.
‘Death’ Asks Timely Questions with Robots
Death of the Author has a lot to say about art, its creation, and those who make it for us that is more relevant than ever.
‘Serpents’ a Solid Sequel in a Compelling World
Kate Pearsall’s debut, Bittersweet in the Hollow, was a solid and satisfying novel. With Lies on the Serpent’s Tongue, Pearsall delivers a strong second installment in what I hope will be at least a quartet of enchanting stories.
‘Headshot’ Fast-Moving but Hard-Hitting
Most of the boxers’ stakes in Headshot are drawn from the most ordinary of things, which gives the world inside the book more authenticity and the world outside it a reminder of its import.
‘Unmothers’ Sings Thanks to Subtlety
Most characters within The Unmothers grapple with some kind of emotional fracturing; what’s more interesting is seeing how each responds. The nice thing is that the creeping thing in the fog finds all flavors of grief delicious.
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