Gemma Files

350 pages pour 17 excellentes nouvelles réunies par Ellen Datlow, qui ne nous a jamais déçus par la qualité de ses trouvailles. La plupart des auteurs m'étaient inconnus, j'ai donc foncé les yeux fermés (si, si, je lis comme ça) dans cette anthologie, sans savoir à quoi m'attendre. Mais certains ont peur des clowns, d'autres des poupées anciennes, moi j'ai peur des deux... Chucky a laissé des traces, que voulez-vous.

Et effectivement, toutes les poupées ne sont ni à offrir à des enfants, ni même idéales pour décorer son intérieur. "Objets inanimés avez-vous donc une âme?"... Ces poupées-là, oui.

Qu'elles soient possédées ou qu'elles aient une vie propre, elles m'ont mis les tripes à l'envers, retournée comme une crèpe et tout ce que vous voulez dans ce style.

Si vous lisez l'anglais, si vous aimez être terrifié, sautez sur ce recueil et revenez me voir, qu'on en discute.



Je vous en mets la liste. Yep, j'avais oublié.



• Skin and bone by Tim Lebbon

• Heroes and villains by Stephen Gallager

• The doll-master by Joyce Carol Oates

• Gaze by Gemma File

• In case of zebras by Pat Cadigan

• There is no place for sorrow in the kingdom of the cold by Seanan McGuire

Goodness and kindness by Carrie Vaughn

• Daniel's theory about dolls by Stephen Graham Jones

• After and back before by Miranda Siemienowicz

• Doctor Faustus by Mary Robinette Kowal

• Doll court by Richard Bowes

• Visit lovely Cornwall on the Western Railway Line by Genevieve Valentine

• Ambitious boys like you by Richard Kadrey

• Miss Sibyl-Cassandra by Lucy Sussex

• The permanent collection by Veronica Schanoes

• Homemade monsters by John Langan

• Word doll by Jeffrey Ford

This anthology turned out to be a mixed bag of tales featuring different versions of vampires, though some were better than the others. Featuring the only vampire short story by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of vampire literature, and an autobiographical introduction by Ingrid Pitt, star of the films The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, this Mammoth collection brings together thirty-four uncanny and erotic tales by women who have redefined the genre of vampire fiction. The quest continues—for blood to drink, for souls to steal, for life among the undead.

Contents:

Introduction: My Life Among The Undead by Ingrid Pitt

The Master Of Rampling Gate by Anne Rice

Homewrecker by Poppy Z. Brite

When Gretchen Was Human by Mary A. Turzillo

The Vengeaful Spirit of Lake Nepeakea by Tanya Huff

La Diente by Nancy Kilpatrick

Miss Massingberd and the Vampire by Tina Rath

The Raven Bound by Freda Warrington

Vampire King of the Goth Chicks by Nancy A. Collins

Just His Type by Storm Constantine

Prince Of Flowers by Elizabeth Hand

Service Rendered by Louise Cooper

Aftermath by Janet Berliner

One Among Millions by Yvonne Navarro

Luella Miller by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman

Sangre by Lisa Tuttle

A Question of Patronage by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Hisako San by Ingrid Pitt

Butternut and Blood by Kathryn Ptacek

Sleeping Cities by Wendy Webb

The Haunted House by E. Nesbit

Turkish Delight by Roberta Lannes

Venus Rising on Water by Tanith Lee

Year Zero by Gemma Files

Good Lady Ducayne by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Lunch At Charon's by Melanie Tem

Forever, Amen by Elizabeth Massie

Night Laughter by Ellen Kushner

Bootleg by Christa Faust

Outfangthief by Gala Blau

My Brother's Keeper by Pat Cadigan

So Runs The World Away by Caitlin R. Kiernan

A North Light by Gwyneth Jones

Jack by Connie Willis

"The Cutting Room: Dark Reflections of the Silver Screen," is a collection of short stories of either the dark fantasy or outright horror variety; all but one, are reprints of stories that were published anywhere between 1982 and 2012.

The credits have rolled, but the lights are still off. Something is lurking on the other side of the screen. There are dark secrets, starving monsters, and haunted survivors who refuse to be left on the cutting room floor. But that's okay, right? After all, everybody loves the movies....

Datlow is one of the best editors, and even though her tastes are darker than mine for the most part, she always provides an interesting line-up of well-written, thought-provoking stories in her anthologies; on that basis, and on the strength of the Newman tale, recommended!