New Horror 2023 – Day 20
“My clothes have but to fall and you will see before you a succession of mysteries.”
“The Lady of the House of Love” by Angela Carter (1979)
This can only be described as deliciously decadent decay. Carter does a magnificent job of just painting the most awful, crusty, gothic place you can imagine.
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“Can’t tell if the embers are dying or my eyes are.”
“Smoke and Cedar” by Abby Howard & Alina Pete (2016)
I was loving this but it ends so suddenly. Sometimes you want to leave them wanting more, but not starving for narrative.
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“You’re the bitch that brought our misfortune!”
Exposed to Danger dir. Yang Chia-yun (Karen Yang) (1982)
This one’s kind of a slow build-up, and not much mystery, but the tension does eventually hit along with a neat twist. The final confrontation is a great sequence.