{"id":3160,"date":"2014-03-02T19:46:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T23:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2014-03-03T09:15:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:15:49","slug":"review-four-elements-by-charlee-jacob-rain-graves-linda-addison-and-marge-simon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/review-four-elements-by-charlee-jacob-rain-graves-linda-addison-and-marge-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Four Elements by Charlee Jacob, Rain Graves, Linda Addison, and Marge Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not traditional for us to publish our reviews right here on the blog, but with Women in Horror month just ended and Stoker season already here, \u00a0I wanted to share a review here that showcases a book belonging in both categories. This will appear on the site as well, as soon as there’s an opportunity to post it. Sumiko Saulson also published an interview with Linda Addison about Four Elements, which I’ll link to here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And now, the review.
\n\"\"<\/a>\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Four Elements<\/i><\/a> by Charlee Jacob, Marge Simon, Rain Graves and Linda Addison<\/p>\n

Bad Moon Books\/Evil Jester Press, 2013<\/p>\n

Available: New paperback, Kindle edition<\/p>\n

ISBN-13: N\/A<\/p>\n

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Four Elements<\/i> is a collection of poetry and short fiction by four women of horror who are all Bram Stoker Award winning poets. Each writer takes on one of the four elements of nature\u2014earth, air, fire and water\u2014and brings their own vision to each.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarth\u201d by Marge Simon contains poems and stories that all deal with various consequences of people\u2019s actions including war, desolation, destruction and death, including \u201cA Time For Planting\u201d about the consequences of love and lust and \u201cQuake\u201d about how short our time can be.<\/p>\n

\u201cWater\u201d by Rain Graves which includes many pieces dealing with destruction through mythology, including a series of six poems, which I loved, titled \u201cHades and Its Five\u201d that encompasses all of the myths of Hades, the river Styx and the ferryman.<\/p>\n

\u201cFire\u201d by Charlee Jacob that includes works dealing with death and destruction.\u00a0 My favorite here is \u201cAccidental Tourists\u201d about a couple of voyeurs who find love at the scene of a horrific car accident and their many names for the color red\u2014the color of life and death.\u00a0 There is also a series of ten poems called \u201cReaching Back to Eden\u201d that involve the consequences of the actions of Adam, Eve, Lilith and Satan.<\/p>\n

\u201cAir\u201d by Linda Addison contains poems about the power of the wind to shape life and our environment as well as describing the soul as air versus the body.\u00a0 \u201cLost in Translation\u201d is one of my favorites here, about air as a hidden, living being.\u00a0 \u201cUpon First Seeing Ongtupqa\u201d is a beautiful description about air moving through canyons, wearing away the earth and exposing millennia of past life.<\/p>\n

All of the prose and poetry is dark, beautiful and vivid in its imagery. There is emotion behind the words that will draw a visceral response from the reader. All of the poetry by these four amazing women is so powerful you will find yourself reading Four Elements<\/i> again and again.\u00a0 I have already read through it twice.\u00a0 If you are a fan of dark poetry then Four Elements<\/i> is for you. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Colleen Wanglund<\/p>\n

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It’s not traditional for us to publish our reviews right here on the blog, but with Women in Horror month just ended and Stoker season already here, \u00a0I wanted to share a review here that showcases a book belonging in both categories. This will appear on the site as well, as soon as there’s an<\/p>\n

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