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."
In the end they'll all be dancin'--all them ones that didn't die.... Dance with me in the shadows amidst the lightning and the thunder, and all that nu-cu-lar debris. See the big bang from the other side, and then open that cellar door. Go down into