It fascinates me that this feminist writer has written so much horror, yet she’s most famous for her collaboration with George R. Review: Lisa Tuttle has intrigued me from the moment I read her entry in Monster, She Wrote. WARNING! The following review contains spoilers for some of the short stories included in the collection. The thirteen tales in this collection are highly original and extremely chilling, and they reveal Tuttle to be a master of contemporary horror fiction.Ĭontent Warnings: Rape, Mutilation, Body Horror, Gore, Child Death In ‘Flying to Byzantium’, a writer travelling to a science fiction convention finds herself caught in a strange and terrifying hell. The divorcing couple in ‘Community Property’ arrive at a macabre solution for how to divide ownership of a beloved pet. In ‘Bug House’, a woman who goes to visit her aunt is shocked to find she is dying – but even more shocking is what is killing her. Summary: In Lisa Tuttle’s stories, the everyday domestic world of her female protagonists is invaded by the bizarre, the uncanny, the horrific.
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