Funeral Party II

Funeral Party 2 is a sublime collection of fine darkness and decadence--carefully compiled with the libertine in mind. Includes fiction from Jack Ketchum, John Shirley, Lucy Taylor, Rob Hardin and Thomas S. Roche. Artwork from Trevor Brown, Hans Bellmer, Miguel Angel Martin, Milo Sacchi, George Kuchar, and Mike Kuchar. Interviews with Ulli Lommel, Jack Ketchum, The New Grand Guignol Theatre; articles from Whitehouse, Peter Sotos, Philip Nutman and more. From deviant behavior to violent sex, Funeral Party covers it all from dark to darkest!

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"It's understood that hardcore death-metal rockers or urban gothic punks would find themselves in possession of this book," writes the editor. "But we are also aware that there are others--mothers and housewives, businessmen and laymen--who would be just as delighted..." Subtitled A Celebratory Excursion into Beautiful Extremes of Life, Lust & Death, Funeral Party II is explicitly dedicated to death eroticism. The book's design, layout, and illustrations are varied and beautiful. The 16 full-color plates are by artists such as Trevor Brown and George Kuchar. The fiction includes stories by Lucy Taylor, Rob Hardin, John Shirley, Jack Ketchum, and Thomas S. Roche. A prose piece by surrealist artist Hans Bellmer is illustrated with his distinctively tortuous visions of the female body. Article topics include the sleaziest tabloids in America, contemporary Grand Guignol theater, lesbian bars of pre-Nazi Berlin, actor Ulli Lommel (of Fassbinder fame), and pathology specimens. There's also a comic by Miguel Ángel Martín, the road-kill sculptures of Milo Sacchi, interviews, and reviews. Warning: Funeral Party II is graphically sexual, and is only for adults who are not easily offended.

About the Author

Shade Rupe has been writing in film and other media for over 20 years. His most recent work can be spotted at fearsmag.com, gettingit.com, indieplanet.com and the terrestrial publications Panik and Screem. He has had short films play New York and Chicago Underground Film Festivals and also tour in Europe, and was a judge for the 2000 Chicago Underground Film Festival. He makes his home in Manhattan.

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