Kirjahaku

Published in 1994: The period surveyed in this anthology extends from the eve of Christianity's triumph, in the third century, to the new age of expansion in the fifteenth century, an age marked by the advent of printing pressed, the European discovery of the Caribbean islands, which Columbus called the Indies, the relentless stripping of medieval altars by Church reformists, and perhaps a diminution of female autonomy.

Published in 1994: The period surveyed in this anthology extends from the eve of Christianity's triumph, in the third century, to the new age of expansion in the fifteenth century, an age marked by the advent of printing pressed, the European discovery of the Caribbean islands, which Columbus called the Indies, the relentless stripping of medieval altars by Church reformists, and perhaps a diminution of female autonomy.

Dark. Lush. Disturbing.Four carnal and subversive stories, with characters haunted by their cravings for crimson gore...through need...a gruesome desire for retribution...or their own chilling temperaments. Elegantly-crafted, each of these eerie tales will produce a lurid shudder at the deepest, most intimate level of recognition.In "Guillotine," a dead girl keeps a macabre post-mortem date with her lusty executioner. The dignified woman-hater in "The Night of DeLyria" carries out his grisly orders to the full, then reels with the psychic consequences. In "The Glass Arcade," jealousy drives an action that relentlessly leads to murders. And a girl held in sexual bondage makes a deal with her supernatural demon lover in "Rue Ravender's Blood Wedding." Marcelle Thi baux's stories have been published in Grand Central Noir, Dogzplot, Urban Fantasy, Literal Latt , Karamu, Cream City Review, decomP, Keeping the Edge, The Delmarva Review and elsewhere. She has written about women from St. Margit of Hungary to Charlotte Bront . Her books on medieval themes include The Stag of Love: The Chase in Medieval Literature. Recipient of a Pen & Brush Club Award for her stories, Thi baux was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives in New York City.