Devlin Scott

In my reviews I try neither to persuade nor to dissuade others. I believe the art of reading is a very personal experience and that my opinion should not intrude upon others enjoyment. I merely state how I felt while reading and I will allow others to decide for themselves. This is why I will not present a play-by-play description. I will only offer a few basic details to help you decide if what I present is worth your time.
Teddy Bears and Tea Parties - S. Boyd Taylor,  Jorge Rodas Teddy Bears and Tea Parties (Kindle Edition) by S. Boyd Taylor (review)


“And everything tricks and everything cheats and everything everything everything eats.”
S. Boyd Taylor



This horror tale is surreal and brilliant, filled with so many wonderfully, twisted images:

Quotes from the short story: “The bears step around a corner wielding sharpened gears tied to sticks. Homemade meat cleavers to cleave girl meat.”

“Hymn’s skull unfolds outward like paper. White-bone origami undone. Smoke. The scent of cheesecake.”

“Only dead things are still.”

“She hears footsteps in the hall. Soft whooshes on the rotten rug that sound like a tiny voice whispering murder, murder.”



The story begins with an unnamed little girl, a finger missing, bitten off by a teddy bear; Grape jelly stained (teddy bear blood) knife in hand as she calmly questions and tortures a captured bear. She’s seeking the whereabouts of her sister. A prisoner of Hymn.

[Excerpt from story: He screams (teddy bear). And she keeps him screaming.

I don’t know where she is, he says when she stops cutting. Don’t kill me! I still love you!

I still love you.

One more cut and he falls in half.]




Obviously, this is not a tale for children!




Devlin Scott (Lyshan Press)

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