In her latest horror love letter to her beloved city of Chicago,
Cynthia Pelayo shares with us the short story “Snow White’s Shattered Coffin.”
This bite sized piece of horror fiction is loosely based on the story of young
Inez Clarke, who is buried in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.
A young girl wanders off from her uncle’s funeral,
entranced by a glass enclosed funereal sculpture of a young girl around her own
age. A mishap at the site of the sculpture leads to an unimaginable curse that
will have life altering consequences for the girl.
Once again, Pelayo has woven a tale that makes you feel
like you are in her Chicago, again in a fairytale combined with urban legend. The
story was deeply engrossing and ended in a way that has stuck in my mind ever
since. Illustrator Vheto Gutierrez Vazquez’s beautiful monochromatic
artwork is the perfect compliment to this story and adds to the eerie atmosphere
created by Ms. Pelayo.
“Snow White’s Shattered Coffin” is available in a limited
quantity of 200 copies, signed by both Cynthia Pelayo and Vheto Gutierrez Vazquez
and will be a beautiful addition to any horror lover’s book collection.
Disclaimer: Thank you to It Came From Beyond Pulp for
providing me an e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. All
thoughts and opinions are my own.
5/5 Stars
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