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Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories by Ellen Datlow
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madarauchiha's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
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The best ones:
“About the O’Dells” by Pat Cadigan
“Natalya, Queen of the Hungry Dogs” by John Langan
“His Haunting” by Brian Evenson
“The Puppet Motel” by Gemma Files
“A Shade of Dusk” by Indrapramit Das
“Icarus Rising” by Richard Bowes
◆ “Ice Cold Lemonade 25¢ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person” by Paul Tremblay
minor childhood bullying, ronald reagan,
◆ “Linger Longer” by Vincent J. Masterson
minor smoking tobacco and alcohol
medium explicit sex scene, civil war
major mental health issues? not cw just idk what to call it personally.
◆ “Whimper Beg” by Lee Thomas
note: the author is gay and married to his husband. I say this to give context to rampant homophobia theme throughout the story.
minor historical plantation,
medium alcohol, child neglect and abuse, minor biotruth nonsense,
major dogs, homophobia, homophobic corrective rape of child, pedophilia and csa, torture, murder, imprisonment, animal cruelty
◆ “The July Girls” by Alison Littlewood
medium childhood bullying,
major claustrophobia, child death,
◆ “About the O’Dells” by Pat Cadigan
medium murder, domestic abuse, sharps,
major gore and domestic violence,
◆ “A Hinterlands Haunting” by Richard Kadrey
medium diseases, dogs, guns, racism, murder, sharps, alcohol,
◆ “The Number of Things You Remember” by M. L. Siemienowicz
minor emetophobia
medium blood, suicide, gore,
major domestic abuse, violence, victim blaming,
◆ “Must Be This Tall to Ride” by Seanan McGuire
skipped
◆ “The Surviving Child” by Joyce Carol Oates
Note about the biphobia: it's pretty bad. The bisexual woman is mentally unstable, portrayed as a terrible person, is a constant cheater on her husband with multiple partners [not polyamory], is abused by her husband because she is cheating because she's bisexual and therefore a sl*t. It's a godawful stereotype, please don't read it.
Minor Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton cw
Medium biphobia,
major child death, murder-suicide, suicide, drugging, suicide and child death, bipolar disorder used as plot points,
◆ “The Medium’s End” by Ford Madox Ford
minor racism spoiler skeleton of a man from India used as grotesque display object., ableism towards physical defects, psychiatric institutions,
medium anti India racism,
◆ “A Shade of Dusk” by Indrapramit Das
minor indian caste system classism,
medium physical child abuse, American wars gulf war, colonization, racism, minor nazism, death / widowing, menstruation and blood, death and gore, heights,
Major infertility, misogyny related to that,
◆ “Icarus Rising” by Richard Bowes
minor heights and death,
medium gore, unsanitary, emetophobia
note: I liked this one
◆ “The Puppet Motel” by Gemma Files
note loved this story
Minor sleep rape between two [cis?] men
Medium body horror, minor blood, paranoia, gaslighting and misogyny in cishet men not listening to his partner?, possession, menstruation
◆ “Air Valve Semilunar Astern” by Nick Mamatas
medium spine trauma, stabbing,
◆ “The Unwrapping” by Terry Dowling
major racism and burial desecration. no other cws available as I am skipping this one.
◆ “The Upper Berth” by F. Marion Crawford
minor smoking tobacco, bone fractures, alcohol, anti native American racism, use of the q slur in historical non lgbt context twice,
Medium body horror, major open water / oceans,
◆ “A Burning Sword for Her Cradle” by Aliette de Bodard
minor religion (ancestor worship),
medium gore and body horror, sharps cw, self harm ?, refugee situations, war?,
major child death / fetus death, and murder,
◆ “Precipice” by Dale Bailey
medium medical situations, suicide, heights, sex scene
◆ “The Shooter” by M. Rickert
major child death, school shootings, guns,
◆ “The Tree of Self-Knowledge” by Stephen Graham Jones
minor cancer, child death, alcohol,
medium police, major car crashes and child death, Thanksgiving holiday, unsanitary, snakes, rats, animal cruelty,
◆ “The Other Woman” by Alice Hoffman
none?
◆ “The Loneliness of Not Being Haunted” by Bracken MacLeod
medium southern us slave plantations (not in use), miscarriage, child corpses,
◆ “Mee-Ow” by Garth Nix
Minor smoking weed and alcohol,
medium child gore and death, animal gore,
◆ “Jasper Dodd’s Handbook of Spirits and Manifestations” by Nathan Ballingrud
medium child death, violence, blood,
major religion christianity snake handling,
minor homophobic f slur. here's where I stopped reading bc I don't give a shit about authors using slurs they cant reclaim for shock value.
◆ “His Haunting” by Brian Evenson
minor anti native American horror trope mention,
medium finger trauma, amputation,
◆ “The Jeweled Wren” by Jeffrey Ford
minor smoking tobacco,alcohol, thanks giving,
medium unsanitary, minor insects,guns, murder, religion christianity, blood,
major murder suicide,
◆ “The Air, the Ocean, the Earth, the Deep” by Siobhan Carroll
major ICE anti immigration detention centers, rape, abuse of women, torture, reference to necklacing (torture-murder), bathing (torture-murder),self harm,
medium mouth trauma,
◆ “The Ghost Sequences” by A. C. Wise
Minor child abuse,
medium childhood bullying, asphyxiation, child death, possession,
◆ “Deep, Fast, Green” by Carole Johnstone
minor smoking tobacco, homophobic f slur used as smoking slang, alcohol,
medium wars, drowning danger scenarios, death, bone fractures,
major asphyxiation and drowning and claustrophobia,
◆ “Natalya, Queen of the Hungry Dogs” by John Langan
Minor religion catholicism, cancer,
Medium death, anti asian racism, blood, hand trauma, body horror, major dogs, HIV, medical scenarios, hypodermic needles, blood, child death, imprisonment, sharps,
Major cancer, child abuse,
The best ones:
“About the O’Dells” by Pat Cadigan
“Natalya, Queen of the Hungry Dogs” by John Langan
“His Haunting” by Brian Evenson
“The Puppet Motel” by Gemma Files
“A Shade of Dusk” by Indrapramit Das
“Icarus Rising” by Richard Bowes
◆ “Ice Cold Lemonade 25¢ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person” by Paul Tremblay
minor childhood bullying, ronald reagan,
◆ “Linger Longer” by Vincent J. Masterson
minor smoking tobacco and alcohol
medium explicit sex scene, civil war
major mental health issues? not cw just idk what to call it personally.
◆ “Whimper Beg” by Lee Thomas
note: the author is gay and married to his husband. I say this to give context to rampant homophobia theme throughout the story.
minor historical plantation,
medium alcohol, child neglect and abuse, minor biotruth nonsense,
major dogs, homophobia, homophobic corrective rape of child, pedophilia and csa, torture, murder, imprisonment, animal cruelty
◆ “The July Girls” by Alison Littlewood
medium childhood bullying,
major claustrophobia, child death,
◆ “About the O’Dells” by Pat Cadigan
medium murder, domestic abuse, sharps,
major gore and domestic violence,
◆ “A Hinterlands Haunting” by Richard Kadrey
medium diseases, dogs, guns, racism, murder, sharps, alcohol,
◆ “The Number of Things You Remember” by M. L. Siemienowicz
minor emetophobia
medium blood, suicide, gore,
major domestic abuse, violence, victim blaming,
◆ “Must Be This Tall to Ride” by Seanan McGuire
skipped
◆ “The Surviving Child” by Joyce Carol Oates
Note about the biphobia: it's pretty bad. The bisexual woman is mentally unstable, portrayed as a terrible person, is a constant cheater on her husband with multiple partners [not polyamory], is abused by her husband because she is cheating because she's bisexual and therefore a sl*t. It's a godawful stereotype, please don't read it.
Minor Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton cw
Medium biphobia,
major child death, murder-suicide, suicide, drugging, suicide and child death, bipolar disorder used as plot points,
◆ “The Medium’s End” by Ford Madox Ford
minor racism spoiler skeleton of a man from India used as grotesque display object., ableism towards physical defects, psychiatric institutions,
medium anti India racism,
◆ “A Shade of Dusk” by Indrapramit Das
minor indian caste system classism,
medium physical child abuse, American wars gulf war, colonization, racism, minor nazism, death / widowing, menstruation and blood, death and gore, heights,
Major infertility, misogyny related to that,
◆ “Icarus Rising” by Richard Bowes
minor heights and death,
medium gore, unsanitary, emetophobia
note: I liked this one
◆ “The Puppet Motel” by Gemma Files
note loved this story
Minor sleep rape between two [cis?] men
Medium body horror, minor blood, paranoia, gaslighting and misogyny in cishet men not listening to his partner?, possession, menstruation
◆ “Air Valve Semilunar Astern” by Nick Mamatas
medium spine trauma, stabbing,
◆ “The Unwrapping” by Terry Dowling
major racism and burial desecration. no other cws available as I am skipping this one.
◆ “The Upper Berth” by F. Marion Crawford
minor smoking tobacco, bone fractures, alcohol, anti native American racism, use of the q slur in historical non lgbt context twice,
Medium body horror, major open water / oceans,
◆ “A Burning Sword for Her Cradle” by Aliette de Bodard
minor religion (ancestor worship),
medium gore and body horror, sharps cw, self harm ?, refugee situations, war?,
major child death / fetus death, and murder,
◆ “Precipice” by Dale Bailey
medium medical situations, suicide, heights, sex scene
◆ “The Shooter” by M. Rickert
major child death, school shootings, guns,
◆ “The Tree of Self-Knowledge” by Stephen Graham Jones
minor cancer, child death, alcohol,
medium police, major car crashes and child death, Thanksgiving holiday, unsanitary, snakes, rats, animal cruelty,
◆ “The Other Woman” by Alice Hoffman
none?
◆ “The Loneliness of Not Being Haunted” by Bracken MacLeod
medium southern us slave plantations (not in use), miscarriage, child corpses,
◆ “Mee-Ow” by Garth Nix
Minor smoking weed and alcohol,
medium child gore and death, animal gore,
◆ “Jasper Dodd’s Handbook of Spirits and Manifestations” by Nathan Ballingrud
medium child death, violence, blood,
major religion christianity snake handling,
minor homophobic f slur. here's where I stopped reading bc I don't give a shit about authors using slurs they cant reclaim for shock value.
◆ “His Haunting” by Brian Evenson
minor anti native American horror trope mention,
medium finger trauma, amputation,
◆ “The Jeweled Wren” by Jeffrey Ford
minor smoking tobacco,alcohol, thanks giving,
medium unsanitary, minor insects,guns, murder, religion christianity, blood,
major murder suicide,
◆ “The Air, the Ocean, the Earth, the Deep” by Siobhan Carroll
major ICE anti immigration detention centers, rape, abuse of women, torture, reference to necklacing (torture-murder), bathing (torture-murder),self harm,
medium mouth trauma,
◆ “The Ghost Sequences” by A. C. Wise
Minor child abuse,
medium childhood bullying, asphyxiation, child death, possession,
◆ “Deep, Fast, Green” by Carole Johnstone
minor smoking tobacco, homophobic f slur used as smoking slang, alcohol,
medium wars, drowning danger scenarios, death, bone fractures,
major asphyxiation and drowning and claustrophobia,
◆ “Natalya, Queen of the Hungry Dogs” by John Langan
Minor religion catholicism, cancer,
Medium death, anti asian racism, blood, hand trauma, body horror, major dogs, HIV, medical scenarios, hypodermic needles, blood, child death, imprisonment, sharps,
Major cancer, child abuse,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
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