Loren Rhoads's Reviews
Reviews of Loren’s Work
Oct.15.2011
Published by Gothic Beauty magazine
Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues is a good read for those looking for salacious and dark material, and for people who tend to think in terms of "What if...?" Alternately...
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Sep.01.2009
Published by Horror World
The magazine was one of the most brutal, fascinating, and funny publications to hit the horror scene, ever, so when Loren Rhoads combed the ten issues in search of the best...
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Oct.11.2010
Published by Fatally Yours
Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues is a collection of the strange, the shocking and the sinister, but at the same time the stories are all so personal that they are also heartfelt...
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Nov.26.2009
Published by Dark Scribe magazine
Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues is a must-read for those who want a glimpse into the dark side of people's lives. With 40 essays to choose from, there is something to suit...
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Oct.23.2009
Published by Morbid Outlook
How did Morbid Curiosity get started? Is there a particular story behind its conception you would like to share?
When I first moved to San Francisco in 1988, my husband Mason...
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Sep.29.2009
Published by The Fright Site
I’m not familiar with the zine MORBID CURIOSITY (1997-2006), consisting of confessions by real people about their bizarre professions, dark desires and odd experiences, but I...
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Sep.01.2009
Published by Library Journal
VERDICT A fun if disturbing read for lovers of great nonfiction and the macabre. As promised, the tales will cure your blues.-Deborah Hicks.
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Sep.01.2009
Published by San Francisco Public Library
Subject Curiosities and wonders -- Periodicals.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Periodicals.
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Jun.20.2006
Published by The Washington Post
"For a decade, Morbid Curiosity has been a confessional where Americans revealed their deepest, darkest secrets. The title was no joke: Morbid Curiosity was definitely morbid. It...
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Jun.01.2006
Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian
Haul out the long black veil and the funeral cloak: Beloved local magazine Morbid Curiosity is calling it quits after nine years and 10 issues. Each volume — jam-packed with...
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May.05.2002
Published by San Francisco Weekly
"For those dreary darlings who don't know about Morbid Curiosity, it's an annual collectanea of first-person encounters with "the unsavory, unwise, unorthodox, and unusual." In...
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Oct.01.2008
Published by Horror World
"Starting off the collection, Loren Rhoads gives us The Angel’s Lair, a powerful, haunting tale of an angel’s temptation. Sensuous and alluring, it grabs your attention and holds...
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Aug.19.2008
Published by The Fix Online
"The mix of modern-day San Francisco with the obscure mythology of witchcraft and vampirism, along with the earthy portrayal of the physical relationship, makes reading this story...
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Apr.22.2008
Published by Pretty Scary.com
Sometimes erotica can miss out on one of the most important parts of what is sexy: desire. These stories are not about cold or nameless desire, poetry, or making the disgusting...
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Mar.10.2008
Published by Fright.com
Rhoads's contributions are, it turns out, the most subtle of the entire book, which only grows steadily more perverse.
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Reviews by Loren
07.Oct.2011
Loren Rhoads reviews
by lisa-brown
This is a sweet little book with a story reminiscent of A Very Brave Witch, except this time it's a witch *and* a vampire who...
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07.Oct.2011
Loren Rhoads reviews
by lisa-brown
This is a sweet little book with a story reminiscent of A Very Brave Witch, except this time it's a witch *and* a vampire who...
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Curiosity is the single most important attribute with which humans are born. Curiosity is a powerful tool, like a scalpel or a searchlight. It is a way to affect change -- even to initiate global change -- on a personal level.”
—Loren's introduction to Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues
About Loren
For 10 years, I edited the nonfiction magazine Morbid Curiosity. Scribner published Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues in 2009. Now I'm blogging about graveyards as travel destinations at Cemetery Travel (http://cemeterytravel.com). A collection of my cemetery...
Connections
Causes Loren Rhoads Supports
Clarion Write-a-Thon
Nanowrimo
Loren’s Favorite Books
Tinker at Pilgrim Creek, A Natural History of the Senses, How We Die, Something Wicked This Way Comes, American Gods, The Bloody Chamber, Owls Hoot in the...
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