Meaning of Blood

Fifteen tales of dark, transgressive fiction for fans of Chuck Palahniuk, Elmore Leonard, and Edgar Allan Poe

In a near-future Pacific Northwest, a made-to-order sex robot tests a married couple’s concept of fidelity; in the Tennessee hills of 19th-century America, an itinerant preacher forces others to prove their devotion to God — at gunpoint; and in a settlement town of the Old West, a former outlaw seeking to rescue his deceased brother’s family from a life of poverty discovers to his horror the true meaning of blood.

In THE MEANING OF BLOOD AND OTHER TALES OF PERVERSITY, Edgar Allan Poe scholar Chuck Caruso combines his deep roots in the American Gothic with his own contemporary sense of macabre humor. These fifteen stories of dark fiction range from crime thrillers to western noir to grotesque horror. Each twisted tale displays Caruso’s unique blend of wry prose, feverish storytelling, and tragically-flawed characters discovering that even the most innocent encounter can lead to death. Or sex. Or both.

Cincisprezece povesti despre fictiune intunecata si transgresiva pentru fanii lui Chuck Palahniuk, Elmore Leonard si Edgar Allan Poe Intr-un viitor apropiat al Pacificului de Nord-Vest, un robot sexual la comanda testeaza conceptul de fidelitate al unui cuplu casatorit; in dealurile din Tennessee din America secolului al XIX-lea, un predicator itinerant ii obliga pe altii sa-si demonstreze devotamentul fata de Dumnezeu - cu arma; si intr-un oras de asezare din Vechiul Vest, un fost haiduc care urmareste sa salveze familia fratelui sau decedat dintr-o viata de saracie descopera spre groaza sa adevaratul sens al sangelui. Chuck Caruso isi combina radacinile adanci in goticul american cu propriul simt contemporan al umorului macabru.