A review by michael_benavidez
This Lonely Carcass Song: A Collection of Horrors by Nick Harper

5.0

There's something very interesting about Harper's style of writing. its blunt but descriptive (especially with gore) it's bleak but also fun. he's a talent for taking ideas sbd twisting them into a unique but also believable perspective without relying on the twist or a "look at this it's so different" approach. they work because they're well written. i also want to take note that when it comes to short stories, i have a habit of harping on how they leave you wanting more. well Harper side tracks this issue by having several seperated into two parters, where the second bit is still a unique and different story on their own, without taking away from the prior one. i think the only one that could have benefited from a longer story would be Leviathan's Song but even then it's a wild ride as it is. As a whole, the stories sre bleak, graphic in gore, but reigned in enough to keep from being exploitation, with strong narratives to keep it intense and me engaged.