Little Feasts is the perfect title for this collection, because every single story is a delicious bite-sized meal. I couldn't get enough of this book and devoured every dish Archer served up. This is feminist horror at its finest, and I cannot recommend it enough.
I can't pick a favorite story, they're all so wonderful. In "Prettier Things" a woman watches her mysterious neighbor and the blondes who enter his home, but never leave. In "Skillet," the title item makes quick work of awful or abusive partners. "Anne Boleyn Could Drink You Under the Table" features the reincarnated English queen's new life and search for revenge. "Far Away from Everywhere" concerns an apocalypse cult, and in "Garbage Girl," a girl's period serves as a warning.
Each story in this collection is delectable, often both bitter and sweet. I'm officially a fan of Archer and will eat up anything she writes.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2020
I muck around at song-writing, and I often find inspiration in poetry and short fiction. Sometimes I will find a single line from a novel, but mostly that inspiration comes from very short pieces that may require a bit of interpretation. That interpretation is where the songs come from. That happened with this book. No this has nothing to do with my review, but it does have something to do with why I liked it so much. It shook something loose. I had a tune in my head this morning, I played a bit. Then, I sat down to write this review and this book married itself to my tune to create something.
Demain Publishing coined the term "short sharp shocks" and has published a healthy collection of short novelettes under that name. I am going to borrow from Demain, that's a perfect description for this book.
There is of course a multitude of themes here, but they are dark and different and just flat out original. A "lie tree", a girl that feels she isn't good enough to become what no one would want to become, a different kind of voyeurism, a patriarch shattering family heirloom, a girl who simply can't get enough to eat, a big '65 Chevy Impala and so much more. So much more.
Yes, yes, yes. There is definitely horror stuff here. Depression, suicide, serial killers, murder. It's all here, served in quick bite-sized little feasts.
I will highlight some of my favorites.
Hard To Carry And Fit In A Trunk - Ginny isn't a skinny girl. She wants to be, she wants to be slender so she is easier to abduct.
The Lie Tree - A father sends his kids out to a specific tree to tell their lies. "Daddy said that lies always clung. Stained your skin like they stained this here tree."
Prettier Things - a woman admires her neigbor mowing the grass.
Skillet - a family heirloom that protects the women of the family.
Cheap Tanya - very short, 2 pages, I loved the 2nd paragraph, a lot of the song came from this story.
Everlasting Full - a girl who can't get full marries a chef, I only wish this one hadn't given so much away with the first line.
Backseat Blues - mama and depression and that '65 Impala
We Will Set Anything On Fire - LOVED the final line "Your voice is a match begging for fire."
It was thought-provoking reading fun and much like the girl that couldn't be filled, I am left starving for more.
Beautiful short dark fiction! Little Feasts is a perfect title for this collection.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2020
I am falling in love with flash. It's like poetry, but not. It's fast. Low commitment for the writer, and low commitment for the reader. I have a pair of free minutes, Jules had a couple of pages, let's go. I love it in that much like poetry, I find things. Things that weren't said, pictures that weren't fully drawn, things to be expanded on, thought about, mulled over.Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2020
I muck around at song-writing, and I often find inspiration in poetry and short fiction. Sometimes I will find a single line from a novel, but mostly that inspiration comes from very short pieces that may require a bit of interpretation. That interpretation is where the songs come from. That happened with this book. No this has nothing to do with my review, but it does have something to do with why I liked it so much. It shook something loose. I had a tune in my head this morning, I played a bit. Then, I sat down to write this review and this book married itself to my tune to create something.
Demain Publishing coined the term "short sharp shocks" and has published a healthy collection of short novelettes under that name. I am going to borrow from Demain, that's a perfect description for this book.
There is of course a multitude of themes here, but they are dark and different and just flat out original. A "lie tree", a girl that feels she isn't good enough to become what no one would want to become, a different kind of voyeurism, a patriarch shattering family heirloom, a girl who simply can't get enough to eat, a big '65 Chevy Impala and so much more. So much more.
Yes, yes, yes. There is definitely horror stuff here. Depression, suicide, serial killers, murder. It's all here, served in quick bite-sized little feasts.
I will highlight some of my favorites.
Hard To Carry And Fit In A Trunk - Ginny isn't a skinny girl. She wants to be, she wants to be slender so she is easier to abduct.
The Lie Tree - A father sends his kids out to a specific tree to tell their lies. "Daddy said that lies always clung. Stained your skin like they stained this here tree."
Prettier Things - a woman admires her neigbor mowing the grass.
Skillet - a family heirloom that protects the women of the family.
Cheap Tanya - very short, 2 pages, I loved the 2nd paragraph, a lot of the song came from this story.
Everlasting Full - a girl who can't get full marries a chef, I only wish this one hadn't given so much away with the first line.
Backseat Blues - mama and depression and that '65 Impala
We Will Set Anything On Fire - LOVED the final line "Your voice is a match begging for fire."
It was thought-provoking reading fun and much like the girl that couldn't be filled, I am left starving for more.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2020
Anyway, I devoured “Little Feasts.” This book was exactly as the title states. The author provides you with little horror feasts to devour as you move through the book. It was fantastic The stories were horrific and twisted.
I am a sucker for good opening lines and this book has a great one. Then the story of Catherine, a woman who continues to mourn her dead husband. Each story highlighted a female character that might not be likable and turns them into these strong women. “An Ice Cream Cone” and “Cyber Soup” are perfect examples of these women becoming strong.
My only complaint is that the book was too short. I might have to re-visit this one again next Thanksgiving. Everyone should pick up a copy of “Little Feasts.”
I am a sucker for good opening lines and this book has a great one. Then the story of Catherine, a woman who continues to mourn her dead husband. Each story highlighted a female character that might not be likable and turns them into these strong women. “An Ice Cream Cone” and “Cyber Soup” are perfect examples of these women becoming strong.
My only complaint is that the book was too short. I might have to re-visit this one again next Thanksgiving. Everyone should pick up a copy of “Little Feasts.”
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Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2020
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Devilishly fun flash collection!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2021
