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Vigilantes of Love

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"Vigilantes of Love" is the kind of book that once you open it, you cannot put it down until you've finished reading it from cover to cover. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a huge John Everson fan. Each story was brilliantly written and complements the story preceding or following it.

John Everson has an uncanny knack of creating characters that not only jump off the printed page, but they can actually slap you if they wanted to. Add to that his brilliant writing style and you have masterpieces of fiction and horror that will keep you pleasantly busy reading more of his work.

I enjoyed all the stories in the collection, but my favorites are "Calling of the Moon" and "Seven Deadly Seeds". I highly recommend it to all other John Everson fans and fans of horror and dark fiction who love stretching the threshold between reality and fantasy.

John Everson is a master of writing tales that involve you emotionally- and then, once he has you spellbound, jolts the living daylights out of you. I feel compelled to warn you this is not selected reading for the timid, squeamish, or those weak at heart. However if you are looking for an intense read assured to rivet your shocked eyes to your kindle, a read which will impact your nightmares for weeks after completing it, this is the book for you.

John Everson always delivers in this books. This was a great collection of short stories.
"Calling Of The Moon","Love Song","A Time For Music",Trick Or Treat","Frost" had to be my favorites.
If your looking for dark worlds to drop into for awhile, then this book is for you!

I know that John Everson is somewhat known for his more "adult" horror novels, but this collection was my first exposure to him, and it proves that he is not a one-trick pony, but a writer who can stretch and explore different types of stories.

Vigilantes of Love is a collection that is full of magic. Some of it gentle, some of it dark, but almost all of it lyrical and affecting. The stories here are written with a sure hand, they flow naturally and aren't overwritten. The writing is stylish and almost poetic at times, but always accessible. Even when he is writing about truly horrible things, there is always a beauty to the tales.

My favorite tales in the bunch are "Love Song," "The Fifth Step," and "The Humane Way."