The Complete Accursed Wives [Paperback]

Bruce Boston (Author), Wives (Author), Fiction (Author), Horror (Author), Short Stories (single author) (Author), Poetry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000

Five short stories and 35 poems reprinted from the pages of Asimov's SF, Amazing, Weird Tales, SF Age and other leading genre publications. Includes winners of the Asimov Readers Choice Award and the Best of Soft SF Award. Five original illustrations by Allen Koszowski.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...a deep metaphor about modern relationships that weaves throughout the entire collection, and haunts one's memory long after reading. -- --Gary Clark, SMALL PRESS REVIEW, May-June 2001

...poetry appealing to people who generally aren't fond of poetry...quite ravishing...nimbly crafted to croon subliminal music. -- --Mary Turzillo, SCIFI.COM, March, 2001

About the Author

Bruce Boston was honored by the Science Fiction Poetry Association in 1999 with the first Grand Master Award given in its 22-year history. His stories and poems have appeared widely in the sf/fantasy/horror fields, and he is the authorof 26 books and chapbooks, including the novel Stained Glass Rain (Ocean View, 1993) and the forthcoming 'best of" fiction collection, Masque of Dreams (Wildside, 2001).

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Dark Regions Press; First Edition edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888993197
• ISBN-13: 978-1888993196
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,322,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Three-time Bram Stoker Award winner Bruce Boston is the author of forty-five books and chapbooks, including the novels The Guardener's Tale and Stained Glass Rain. His fiction and poetry have appeared in hundreds of publications, most visibly in Asimov's SF Magazine, Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and The Nebula Awards Showcase. In addition to the Bram Stoker Award, Boston has received a Pushcart Prize, the Asimov's Readers Award, the Rhysling Award, and the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. He lives in Ocala, Florida, with his wife, writer-artist Marge Simon. For more information, you can visit his website at http://www.bruceboston.com/.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Humor At It's Best, March 23, 2001

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Gary O. Clark (Davis, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Accursed Wives (Paperback)

The world's of science fiction, horror, and fantasy are filled with archetypal male figures; madmen and monsters, supermen and genius'. We know them well, but what about their forgotten wives back home in the castle, mansion, or futuristic high rise? This collection of poems and short stories takes us behind formerly closed doors, and introduces us to many of those long suffering and oft neglected ladies. Beautifully written, and perhaps not that far off the mark in reference to some relationships.