The publishing world has just received its bill of health, and the prognosis isn't pretty. Literary marauders are rising up from the hazardous material bins labeled Horror, Surrealism, and Science Fiction. Here the pen is not merely mightier than the sword; it is a plague heralding the apocalypse for convention, writing a dirge for complacency. The stories herein explore illness in all its forms: physical, mental, and societal. These sick stories are horrendous, hilarious, and stupefying dissections of creative minds on the scalpel's edge.
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Strange, colorful, nauseating, dark, "Sick" has it all. It’s a brain bending, heart stopping mix of razor sharp delight. -- Stephanie Simpson-Woods, Midwest Book Review
We can recommend Sick...readers will be floored by it and think it a monstrous leap forward. -- Absinthe Literary Review, April 2004
We can recommend Sick...readers will be floored by it and think it a monstrous leap forward. -- Absinthe Literary Review, April 2004
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Disease: To be at dis-ease with one's environment; discomfort; disorder; any morbid or depraved condition moral, mental, social, or political in nature.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Wrong in so many of the right ways...,
By Jeremy Robert Johnson "Ne'er-do-well" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sick: An Anthology of Illness (Paperback)
SICK is a rock-solid antho. The sheer range of stories, from the directly, appallingly nasty shock of Sakowski's "A Terrible Thing to Waste" to the philisophical, Analog-type Dick-ery of Chambers' "The Kind Old Fellow," makes this worth reading. Add on the range of literary experimentation that actually succeeds here and you've got the makings of an underground classic.
I very seriously wish I would have skipped that Sakowksi story, though. Ed Lee fans and those who appreciate effective short fiction will dig it, but I don't know that I'll ever be willing to go under anesthetic again. Damn, that story's messed up.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting anthology,
By A Reader from Long Island, NY (Rockville Centre, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sick: An Anthology of Illness (Paperback)
It is not for those who are faint of heart, but if you like horror stories, Sick: An Anthology of Illness is for you. Like all anthology collections, it's a mix bag of stories in varying quality. But when it's good, it's great, and makes it worthwhile. True standouts are The Kind Old Fellow by James Chambers, an interesting science fiction story that crosses the worlds of Judge Dredd and Philip K. Dick with the best of hard boiled crime noir; Christ Machine by Tim Curran, an off-beat look on Christianity; Unicorn's Revenge by Greg Beatty, a story that asks what if computers can take revenge on pedophiles; The Shadow by Jack Fisher, a character study on the spilt personality of a child murderer; and Visits with Mother by Kurt Newton, where a man who visits his mother and gets more than her bargained for.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must read dark fiction,
By A Customer
This review is from: Sick: An Anthology of Illness (Paperback)
Sick is undoubtedly one of the most successful collections of horror and dark fiction in recent years. Eschewing formula and tradition, the tales gathered here chart fresh new territory through the grotesque, the frightening, and the downright nauseating. This is the genuinely edgy work of probing (and, yes, most likely disturbed) authors who don't know the meaning of pulling their punches, but do understand style, wit, and intensity. Highly recommended!
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Uncle Frank, Tamara Jean, Sally James, Aunt Rose Mary, The Mick, Arlington Smith, Lee Wuornos, Bobby Christ, Hugh Carter, Swallow Lane, Bagoonda's Scourge, Fishy Cat Rumpus Room, Mocha Sumatra, Paraquat Syndrome, Jonni Gonad, Mackie Neusted, Market Street, Carly Simmons, Entrance Survey, Paul Vasquez Disease, Raggedy Ann, Richard Mallory, Sugar Puffs, The Dresser-element, The Nutter New!
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Uncle Frank, Tamara Jean, Sally James, Aunt Rose Mary, The Mick, Arlington Smith, Lee Wuornos, Bobby Christ, Hugh Carter, Swallow Lane, Bagoonda's Scourge, Fishy Cat Rumpus Room, Mocha Sumatra, Paraquat Syndrome, Jonni Gonad, Mackie Neusted, Market Street, Carly Simmons, Entrance Survey, Paul Vasquez Disease, Raggedy Ann, Richard Mallory, Sugar Puffs, The Dresser-element, The Nutter New!
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