Necrophilia Variations

"It is one of the considerable privileges of art that the horrible can be transformed, through artful expression, into beauty."
Charles Baudelaire

I am not one to review a book - not my place - I barely read, this is more of an appreciation than a review.
NV is a collection of short, awfully beautiful stories by Supervert. It is not a book about gory sex nor it is a cheap shot at zombie erotica. The stories in the book are tasteful little things that revolve around death, love and in some cases wink at necrophilia(in traditional terms, as in sex with the dead). I often found myself giggling whilst reading. Just to say that you won't find grotesque deciptions of sex acts with the dead nor the screenplay of August Underground.

The stories are more about attraction, admiration and death than sex with the dead. Someare humorous, some heart-breaking, they all get the point across. It is "artful expression transforming the horrible into beauty".

There are 32 stories tucked into NV and I dare not list the ones I like, or quote any of them - Ireadoddbooks did that and did it very well. Although, I have to say - Diary of a Sick Fuck, Ars Moriendi and Death and the Dilletante really stood out for me. Besides that, the book's ending is pretty good as well (it doesn't end with a story).

The book's production quality is just amazing - the cover/jacket - design is just great.Even the paper it is printed on feels better than what I am used to (damn you reference books). You also get a pretty cool bookmark. I almost see those items as bonuses to the book :)

There's a short-film adaptation to one of the stories here - A New Man