Vigilantes of Love

ReviewA collection of fifteen well written stories that range from fantasy to horror....All of them are worth reading. -- Jimmy Z, FeoAmante.comEach of [Everson's] stories is a dark and tantalizing show well worth the price of admission -- Ray Wallace, Twilight Showcase e-zineEverson has a clear and sometimes poetic style that lulls and enthralls, drawing you in...only to snap you up. --Michele Patterson, Painted Rock e-zineFrom the opening story, Everson proves himself capable of horror, both understated and overt, and of capturing readers' imaginations with his compelling characters and unique twists on familiar themes. Each story is strengthened by vivid descriptions, but it is his ability to create characters with whom readers can identify that makes them all the more powerful. Included in this collection are not only ghosts and supernatural monsters, but also fiends of the human variety, victims of their own desires, and what comes across as a fable or two --Scott A. Johnson, The Horror ChannelProduct DescriptionA woman whose life is shaped and doomed by the "Calling of the Moon"...A girl who learns the secret powers of the "Seven Deadly Seeds"...A boy who finds that the power of music can open a hidden world thanks to a flute hidden in the attic...A man who learns the meaning behind the voodoo curse that brings the "Vigilantes of Love" from the hearts of the New Orleans swamps to punish the adulterers under the light of the full moon... VIGILANTES OF LOVE offers these and nearly a dozen more tales of dark magic, the macabre and things that happen when you go one step beyond. John Everson's second book-length collection of short horror and dark fantasy fiction was originally issued in 2003 by Chicago-based Twilight Tales, and focuses more on dark fantasy than the more extreme erotic horror of his first short fiction collection, CAGE OF BONES & OTHER DEADLY OBSESSIONS. VIGILANTES OF LOVE includes 15 dark fantasy and horror tales, from the "Twilight Zone"-esque "Preserve" one of Everson's earliest tales to "Calling of the Moon," which received an Honorable Mention in the YEAR'S BEST FANTASY & HORROR anthology, to "Lovesong" a 5th Place winner in the 2000 World Horror Convention Fiction Contest. In addition to new stories, it also features tales reprinted from the anthologies TRANSVERSIONS and FREAKS, GEEKS & SIDESHOW FLOOZIES and the magazines SIRIUS VISIONS, CROSSROADS, EULOGY and PLOT.