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Sinister Gothic Terror! Beware- no happy endings, sunshine or lollipops here Jan 21, 2009
By A. Cianciola
"Hell Feels Like Home Horror & Dark Music Reviews"
A Tragedy Unfolds by Mark Dickinson
First off I have never reviewed a book. I've never even thought about it but here I am anyway. A Tragedy Unfolds is a collection of lyrics, poetry and short stories by Mark Dickinson. Besides being a writer you might recognize Mark as the guitarist and vocalist for the gothic metal band Others, or maybe you know him as the bass player for Lugosi's Morphine. The lyrics and poetry are dark and gothic with sinister undertones. The short stories take classic terror ideals and twist them into sicker territory.
I've always loved reading lyrics apart from the music so seeing some Others songs here is quite a treat, particularly "Til the Mourning Comes." Even without the music you can feel the whispering romance and underlying terror. Another pleasant surprise when it comes to lyrics is finding "On Whispering Winds" in this collection. Darkly beautiful and dramatic piece. With music it is easy to get caught up in the rhythm of the music or the singers voice that the words take a back seat, so I won't say to much about the lyrics in hopes that you will check out Others music and let that do some of my talking for me.
Say what you will about me but I like reading poetry books because depending on your mood and how you've grown over the years you can always re-read them and find new understanding in the words. My favorite piece here is "Waves of Black" which describes our dying world as some sort of futuristic industrial hell. Very thought provoking about how we treat the environment but with cyber punk imagery. "Happy Birthday to Me" is a gruesome depressive obsession with suicide. Very grim and hopeless which does a nice job of describing someone's final thoughts if they decided to check out early.
The short stories here take traditional horror themes and give them a twist. Beware there are no happy endings here. "The Dancing Corpse" is the story of a house that is just to good of a deal to be true and of course the house has evil hidden within. "The Mourning Commute" is another stand out story. Rather then dealing with supernatural terror this deals with misunderstanding and what can happen if we don't take time to understand other people. Very dark and realistically harsh.
There is a lot in this book. Rather then just a story or several stories there is a wide variety of literary art. Rather then just focusing on gore or a creepy psychological atmosphere there is a nice combination of the two, along with a mix of monsters and more realistic horror. Without a doubt this book is not for the faint of heart no sunshine, lollipops or heart shaped candies to be found here. Great read for those of us who aren't squeamish and enjoy truly dark horror rather then just shock and gore.
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