Don’t miss Aurealis Magazine’s review of Carla E. Dash’s Monsters and Other Tales of Humanity—a chilling, brilliant exploration of what lurks in the shadows of human nature.
While Dash explores a variety of narrative voices across the collection, her style is consistent. Her attention to detail is lavish, effectively creating a bedrock that readers can use to orient themselves in each new setting. Monsters and Other Tales of Humanity lives up to its name, offering a diverse buffet of experiential writing tinged with the speculative.
DAMIEN LAWARDORN, AUREALIS MAGAZINE, #182
Monsters and Other Tales of Humanity
Revealing both how terrifying and how heroic individuals can be when untethered from relationships, Monsters and Other Tales of Humanity portrays the ways people cope with loneliness. A woman is haunted by Death, who progressively resembles her drowned fiancé. A child seeks beauty in a handsome stranger’s greenhouse and holds out hope for a savior. A woman’s husband is murdered by police, and her monstrous children enact a bloody revenge. A negligent mail carrier believes stars are disappearing from the sky, heralding the annihilation of the universe. A video game character’s dissonance with the actions he must perform precipitates a choice that could destroy his world. Speculative and lyrical, these stories explore the human need for connection and how the lack of ties warps lives.
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