Trysts: A Triskaidecollection of Queer and Weird Stories by Steve Berman Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Trysts: A Triskaidecollection of Queer and Weird Stories
Book Review: straight, but not narrow
Summary: 5 Stars
Trysts may be marketed as Gay Fiction, but trust me, the writing is so wonderful it transcends gender and sexuality. I'm a straight female and I enjoyed it immensly, and furthermore, I loaned it to my straight male friend who devoured it. So, breeders, don't be scared away by the title, if you're looking for good horror, this is it.Book Review: An afternoon or perfect escapism
Summary: 5 Stars
I felt that I waited forever to get this book and when it came, I was not disappointed. Every story pleases your senses. Time no longer has meaning, as you become lost in the land of The Fallen. Using well rounded characters and eloquent prose, Berman has succeeded in crossing the line from good fiction to supurb storytelling. I do hope to see more from this man soon.Book Review: Brief and eloquent
Summary: 5 Stars
This collection of fiction and dark fantasy exploring relationships and first encounters is just amazing. Each story is filled with passion and compelling characters, and yet the book is so tiny! Only a truly gifted writer could achieve what Steve Berman has done in this book. I truly hope he will explore more aspects of the Fallen (which is where several of the stories are placed) in a longer work. If you like Poppy Brite, Neil Gaiman, or Clive Barker, then you'll thoroughly enjoy this book.Book Review: Trysts
Summary: 5 Stars
Tryst. A lovely archaic word. when I got this book, and read "Gay fiction / dark fantasy" on the back, I will admit (sorry steve) I was thinking "Great" sarcastically. But then I opened it up, and read some of it. And I thought "Hell, this isn't so bad". To me, it seems, you start the book, and it's getting warmed up. It gets more "steamy", shall we say, near the middle, then it kinda irons out into not really erotic, and more of the dark fantasy. That doesnt mean theres no fantasy in tehre before, but it really stands out more once you get to the Fallen parts.I'm proud to say Steve Berman is now a good friend of mine (his email was in the book so I sent my xongratulations on the book and we got talking). Stevie, I know you'll be reading this, lol, so I really love the book, and I hope to see you soon :)
Just get the book. lol. If you like Gay fiction (it has lesbians too, yknow. 3000 men just placed their order hahaha), or dark fantasy, almost disturbing (Saj cuts his arm, and the blood pours out, turns into a spider and scurries away), yet sometimes inspiriing.
This book is one contradiction after another, and that's why I love it. So this is highly recomended by me! :D Go get it, tiger!
Book Review: Hauntingly beautiful
With tales ranging from the magical to the eerie to the macabre, Trysts always keeps you guessing and always keeps you interested. The characters along with their feelings and dilemmas just seem so real that you can't help but to empathize with them. Keeping true to realism and avoiding the classic "happy endings", Trysts will never leave you successfully predicting a story's ending half way through the pages. Each story is a beautiful work on it's own, but when all thirteen are taken together it makes for one of the best literary works I've ever read. Highly recommended.
Summary: 5 Stars