Sefira and Other Betrayals

Sefira and Other Betrayals | John Langan

With the exception of one story out of 7, the other 6 are my favorites. I love a good, my character meets the Devil trope. John Langan‘s is jaw dropping. A guy as a kid is worried where his soul will end up but by the time he‘s in college he‘s forgotten about God and the Devil. He tries heroin once at a party with his serious gf. She didn‘t even want to do it. But guess who gets hooked, the gf. The fallout leads the guy to meeting the Devil 👇🏼

Reggie in a diner late at night and scenarios are presented and choices are made and my head was shaking the whole time while I sucked my teeth and morally wrong things were done and it is horrible. But the story was soooo good. Check it out. 2y

Avanders 😯 intriguing! 2y

vivastory I might be wrong but I think I saw he has a new one out 2y

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TrishB A review that definitely makes me want to read! But not a big short story fan! 2y

Reggie @Avanders It‘s sooooo good except for the 2nd story. But the other 6 more than make up for it. 2y

Reggie @vivastory no, I think you‘re right. And I think it‘s another collection of short stories. 2y

Reggie @TrishB you‘re missing out TrishB. Our favorite authors, King and Barker, are masters of the short story. You would like these. 2y

Avanders Done! ✔️ added ☺️ 2y

vivastory @TrishB @Reggie I'm also a fan of SG Jones short stories 2y

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Sefira and Other Betrayals | John Langan

If you‘re single like me and like to think about the hypothetical relationships you would be in and in some of the scarier iterations you get cheated on but think “what if there was a slant of horror to go along with that heartbreak/betrayal?” Well have I got a book for you!!! There‘s 7 stories in here(skip the 2nd one, I have no idea what it‘s doing in this book) and all of them feature betrayal!!! Langan‘s elevated prose can be considered 👇🏼

Reggie by some something you have to wade through, I consider it a bonus. Check him out. #21daysofhorror Day 5. (edited) 3y

TrishB That made me smile 😁 3y

Reggie @TrishB 😁Lol 3y

vivastory I have been meaning to read more Langan ever since I read The Fisherman. I like the take on the Goya painting on this cover. 3y

Reggie @vivastory the Goya painting has to do with the 2nd story that doesn‘t really belong in here. Also, he got the idea to write a story off the Goya painting from Laird Barron, whose story is way better than Langan‘s in relation to their interpretations of that painting. 3y

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Sefira and Other Betrayals | John Langan

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I want to admit that sometimes John Langan‘s writing tries my patience as I feel my eyes glaze over at the overly detailed, but goddamn does he write a good story. The theme of these stories is betrayal as evidenced with stories about a woman on her way to confront her husband‘s cosmic mistress, a gay couple in Scotland trying to heal on a wizard‘s path, a meeting with the Devil about addiction, a story about vampirism without a vampire. PICK!!!

Cathythoughts This stories do sound intriguing ❤️👍 5y

Rissreads These sound Nuts! But fun...... 5y

Reggie @Cathythoughts @Rissreads these stories are the stuff nightmares are made of for people in relationships where people have cheated or are insecure in their place. I‘m single and have no reason to have had the reactions I had to these stories. Lol, they were great. 5y

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RohitSawant Been meaning to read this for so long! Will definitely try to pick this one up soon after your review! 5y

Reggie @rohit-sawant I think there are prototypes of stories every great horror writer takes on, like when a a character meets the devil. Stephen King has his “The Man in the Black Suit” and even Stephen Graham Nones has his own where he has a bookclub talking about the Stephen King short story where the runner of the bookclub meets the devil. It‘s called “The Spindly Man.” John Langan‘s take on the my character meets the devil blew me away. Hope u like 5y

Reggie it!! 5y

RohitSawant You know, funny you should mention this, I got thinking about prototypes I haven't touched upon on my way home from watching Doctor Sleep after seeing this billboard which sparked a character meets devil idea although it's paper thin as of now (I'd love to do something original with the Haunted House subgenre at some point). Those by King and Jones are absolute faves and everything you said has me doubly excited for this one! 5y

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Sefira and Other Betrayals | John Langan

I know Halloween is over but I love when books direct me to look up a painting that inspires a story. While writing “In Paris, in the Mouth of Kronos,” Langan was talking to another writer friend, Laird Barron, who shared his inspiration for a story he was writing from the pictured, Saturn Devours His Son by Goya. Creepy stuff. Lol

Bookzombie Imagine that hanging in your home. 😳 5y

RealBooks4ever I remember really liking the short story Blood & Stardust by Laird Barron in the anthology called The Mad Scientist‘s Guide to World Domination. 💜 5y

Cathythoughts Creepy stuff is right 😳🙈 5y

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Reggie @Bookzombie @Cathythoughts If I had kids I would hang it over their bed and tell them what happens to bad children. Lol jk. 5y

Reggie @RealBooks4ever I‘m gonna have to look that up. I really like Langan. Thanks! 5y

Cathythoughts Oh no 😂🤣 Reggie !!!! 5y

JoScho I have always loved this painting. It is terrifying! 5y

RealBooks4ever Someday I hope to read

The Fisherman

readordierachel That painting haunts me. That book cover is pretty haunting too! 5y

Bookzombie @Reggie LOL 😂 5y

Reggie @readordierachel I feel like they accurately represent the dark tone of all the stories. Those stories I‘m gonna be thinking about for awhile. 5y

Rissreads It amazes me where some people get their creativity, inspiration and imagination from. 5y

Centique I had that painting in one of the Greek myth books I read this year too! Now I can‘t remember which one it was of course... there are at least three myths I remember where Fathers ate children 🤷🏻‍♀️😩🤣 5y

Reggie @Rissreads I don‘t know if you‘ve ever seen this movie called Working Girl where the character we‘re rooting for has to explain to the ceo of a company where she got her idea from, because mean ass Sigorney Weaver is accusing her of stealing it when actually Sigorney is stealing it. That scene is what I kept thinking of when I read his notes in the back of the book because you would just never guess where they came from, and it was fascinating. 5y

Reggie @Centique apparently there are 5!!!! instances where child are eaten. I went down the rabbit hole. 2 have to do with people killing their own children and feeding them to the gods to see if they‘re omniscient. One is a woman and her sister are raped so they kill the rapist‘s son and cook him up and feed it to the guy. Another is Kronos eating all the god children except for Zeus who he meant to but ate a rock swaddled in blankets instead. Crazy!! 5y

Suet624 Good lord! That picture! 5y

Reggie @Suet624 it‘s the stuff nightmares are made of!! 5y

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