Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors Contributor(s): Llewellyn, Livia (Author), Barron, Laird (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590213246 ISBN-13: 9781590213247 Publisher: Lethe Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Horror - General - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Fantasy - Dark Fantasy |
Dewey: 813.6 |
LCCN: 2010050875 |
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 214 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Death and pleasure. Freud's Todestrieb, his statement that "libido has the task of making the destroying instinct innocuous, and it fulfils the task by diverting that instinct to a great extent outwards....The instinct is then called the destructive instinct, the instinct for mastery, or the will to power." Few authors have spun stories of Thanatos and Eros as skillfully and powerfully as Livia Llewellyn. In his introduction to this volume, Laird Barron writes "Scant difference exists between exquisite pleasure and pain." An orphan girl with a mind for anthracite falls into the hands of a cult worshipping an entombed god. In the Pacific Northwest, evergreens lull prepubescent girls into their trunks to serve as wombs. A suburban housewife troubled by her present encounters the sixteen year-old girl she ached to touch in her dreams. These ten stories promise to indulge a reader's sensibilities, their fears and desires. A finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award in two categories: Best Novella and Best Collection |