The Lamentation of Their Women

I read this a few days ago and it's been haunting me since. I know I'll never forget it. I don't really want to give details of the plot, because part of the power of the story is in its surprises. If you decide to read it, please heed the warnings on the site. It's really gory, but more than that, it has very dark themes.

I always recognize some of this author's references and wordplay, but I know I don't see even most of them. Anhell's name seems really clever to me; Tanisha does see him as a kind of angel, in that he's so charming, but she hates him for it too. The strength of her feelings for him punched me in the gut at every moment. And I don't know if she would've become evil if not for him, so he brought hell to her, in a sense. The title backs up that idea too. Still, Tanisha makes her own choices in this story - except those her weapon (or Satan) makes, but she gives herself to the weapon.

But there's much more to the story, too. I hesitated to write a review at all because I knew I would only scratch the surface, no matter what I wrote. I'll be thinking about this story for a long time.

A short, high octane, violent story set in New York. The writing is dark and moody, full of deep description.

It doesn't shy from the violence of the story, and uses vernacular appropriate for the New York setting, and rolls from action scene to action scene.

Free from Tor.com - HERE