THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES
A Collection of Queer Horror
by
Xen
✮ ✮ ✮ 5 STARS ✮ ✮ ✮
There are no happy endings here.
In the town of Inverse, Silvino and Scott Orellano discover
the darkness in their deepest hearts. At the cusp of a new life, Kane Orwell
learns terrible truths whispered by a black and eldritch mouth. Torn between
one identity and another, Shania Logan struggles to hold on to the fragments of
her self.
And standing on the threshold of the afterlife, a grieving
wife balances between life and death on the flicker of a candle's flame.
Inverse.
Insurrection.
Mouth.
Flicker.
Four tales of horror, written from a queer perspective. In
this collection of short stories and novellas, our heroes and heroines will
explore the depths of terror both macabre and mundane--and live their darkest
fears, reflected in the whites of their eyes.
Every
now and again I’ll wander off the romantic path, and on this occasion I’ll
happily admit to being rather proud of myself because The Whites of Their
Eyes is horror. And me plus anything horror related equals:
Oh
the things you’ll put yourself through when it’s a favourite author.
Xen
is an author who writes diverse stories which, irrespective of genre, focuses
on the real struggles marginalised people face. And his foray into the world of
horror gave me chills: his writing voice has a hypnotic pull, creating an eerie
atmosphere and situations where I broke out in goose-bumps. One story resulted
in me literally shouting RUN, yet another had me reaching for the
tissues, and that’s why I love his writing—he has a supreme capability of
bringing out the feelings you’re least expecting.
Why sometimes to survive, it was necessary to lie.”
The
four stories told in The Whites of Their Eyes make for an all round
gripping read representing several demographics and, thankfully, the horror
didn’t leave me a quivering wreck, more unnerved and spooked, and at times
hurting just the right amount. To quote the author ”These are stories I
almost didn’t write”.
I
for one am so glad he did.
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