Category: Horror Publisher: Quad City Press
ISBN-10: 0615677819
Type: Fiction
Pages: 170
Copyright: July 28, 2012
Price: $10.95 (eBook)
Eleven short stories organized around Dante's "Inferno" and the crimes or sins punished at each of the 9 Circles of Hell.
"Hellfire & Damnation II" is the sequel to the acclaimed, award-winning first collection, "Hellfire & Damnation." Each was organized around a story that illustrated the crime or sin punished at each of the 9 Circles of Hell (limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery.)
There are no recurring characters, and you do not have to have read Book #1 in order to enjoy this second entry into the short story collection genre.
Excerpt
"In "H&D II" you see and hear the world through the mind of a dead guy buried in a frozen pit for 132 years...another who's been locked in a bitter marriage for 30. The motives are real; the emotions ring true. Connie's greatest strength is her dialogue. You won't go wrong anywhere in this collection."
Professional Reviews
From Author Nate Kenyon
"Take a twisted ride through Hell and back with Connie (Corcoran) Wilson's Hellfire & Damnation II...Frozen corpses, homicidal authors and sociopathic presidential candidates just scratch the surface of this inspired collection. Don't miss it!"
From Author Jon Land
"Connie (Corcoran) Wilson's 'Hellfire & Damnation II' is a remarkable collection of somber, noirish, flat-out scary and altogether satisfying stories that seek to find hope in a dark world that defies it. Her subtle irony and penchant for finding terror in the least expected places will generate comparisons to Stephen King and Ray Bradbury, with just a hint of Philip K. Dick thrown in. But don't be fooled: Wilson has a wondrous voice in her own right and her right, twisty, tales establish her as a force to be reckoned with."
From author Brian Pinkerton
"Connie (Corcoran) Wilson's new short story collection, 'Hellfire & Damnation II' sends the reader spiraling down Dante's 9 Circles of Hell with devilish twists and turns of time and place, across eleven superb short stories."
The fortunate inherit riches, prestige, positive notoriety. Those not so lucky bear legacies filled with poverty, infamy or, worse yet, the unhinged insanity and murderous urges of their ancestors.
