- Paperback: 234 pages
- Publisher: Adramelech Books (21 Jun 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 095679940X
- ISBN-13: 978-0956799401
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 411,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Haunting and beautiful. An author at the height of his power. --Starburst Magazine
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Cold Mirrors collects the short stories of acclaimed author CJ Lines for the first time. From the beauty regime of a Victorian drag queen to the dangers of conducting ritual magic on Twitter, these tales traverse the centuries and take a dark, slanted look at hidden realities that lurk beneath the surface of the mundane. Alternately horrifying, heartbreaking and hilarious, Cold Mirrors is an extraordinary collection of stories that will haunt you long after the final page is turned.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Having read CJ Lines's debut novel, Filth Kiss, and suffered from terrible nightmares about disembodied genitalia for some time afterwards, I picked up Cold Mirrors with some trepidation. Fortunately, for his second book, Mr Lines has somewhat turned down the unadulterated gore and gone for a more subtle, chilling approach. He builds the tension by way of ordinary, everyday scenes which gradually descend into sheer unadulterated terror. In "Come Die with Me", a group of friends build their own take on "Come Dine with Me", replacing dinner parties with gruesome murders. In "The Trending" a student finds he has bitten off more than he can chew when he harnessed the power of the internet to communicate with deceased loved ones, and in "Duplicity" the protagonist solves the age-old problem of being torn between two lovers in the most horrific way imaginable. Generally at least one person ends up dead, or worse, and there's a good dose of zombies, haunted houses and even the odd clown thrown in. My personal favourite is "In Every Dream Home a Heartache", which should serve as a grave warning to any childless couple considering adoption. This collection is an essential addition to every bookshelf.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Cold Mirrors is a collection of short stories by horror writer CJ Lines. The stories have elements of the macabre, the weird, the creepy, the horrifying and the downright strange and they keep you turning the pages to see what happens next. There is a level of gruesome gore but it's toned down for the most part. Some of the stories truly are going to stick in your mind long after and at least one might have you thinking twice about life in the cyber world. The Trending tells the tale of a bereaved man trying to work group magic via Twitter with results that show you really shouldn't mess with the undead. There's a story about a Victorian "freak show" (Patrick O'Hare: King of the Freaks) which really made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. It's both horrifying and tragic. If you're afraid of puppets, you might want to skip Debut or at least, read it in daylight, not before bed! Mr. Lines' prose is descriptive and colourful and it really brings the story to life, but considering the themes of some of these stories, you may think that's a bad thing!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Wow... What a great read! It doesn't really matter what scary monsters lurk in the dark recesses of your most feverish nightmares because CJ Lines accomplished collection of short and not-so-short stories pretty much rampage through the lot whilst ably blending sheer terror and haunting suspense with a healthy dose of jet black humour. Behold the clown stations of the future, turn of the century puppeteers, twittering programmers and culinary psychos. This is a genuine page-turner that will stay with you long after reading and make you clamour for more!
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