{"id":1235,"date":"2011-04-04T14:34:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T18:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2012-04-11T22:52:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T02:52:37","slug":"bent-steeple-reviewed-in-morpheus-tales-12-supplement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?p=1235","title":{"rendered":"Bent Steeple Reviewed in Morpheus Tales #12 Supplement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;&#8230;a vampire novel ripe for the masses&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>C.M. Saunders<\/strong> Reviews<em><strong> Bent Steeple<\/strong><\/em> for <a title=\"Morpheus Tales #12 Review Supplement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.morpheustales.com\/reviews.htm\" target=\"_self\"><em><strong>Morpheus Tales #12 Supplemen<\/strong><\/em>t<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?page_id=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1082 alignleft\" title=\"Bent Steeple - A Bite of Classic Horror\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bent_steeple_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Review<\/strong> by<strong> C.M. Saunders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am a big fan of G. Wells Taylor. He has been around a while now and has a string of novels behind him, but sadly has thus far been largely ignored by mainstream publishers. It\u2019s a shame because he really is a talented writer. Many of his works, including a new amalgamated version of last year\u2019s serialization, <em>The Variant Effect<\/em> (reviewed in <a title=\"Get Morpheus Tales #9 - Review Supplement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.morpheustales.com\/9reviews.pdf\" target=\"_self\"><strong>MT9\u2019s review supplement<\/strong><\/a>), are available for free download from the website listed <a title=\"The Variant Effect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skineaters.com\" target=\"_self\">above<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This offering, <em>Bent Steeple<\/em>, has been kicking up a little bit of an underground storm in recent months. Often compared to Stephen King\u2019s classic vampire yarn <em>Salem\u2019s Lot<\/em>, the subject matter isn\u2019t worlds apart and it has the same kind of feel. This is what happens when terror comes to a secluded small town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the case of <em>Bent Steeple<\/em>, a town struck by a mysterious deadly disease thirty years earlier, the catalyst for a new wave of horror is the discovery of twenty-three horribly mutilated murder victims at a farm. The incident becomes known as the Morelli Massacre and brings together a varied mix of primary characters including a femme fatale with a drinking problem and a secret past, a jaded loose cannon cop on a vendetta, a horribly deformed guy with otherworldly powers, and an amorous washedup TV anchor man. As the story builds towards its bloody climax, Wells-Taylor grabs all the loose story threads and does a manful job of weaving them into a rope and trying to strangle you with it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite its length it is a fast-paced read, and no taboo &#8211; corruption, inherent racism, paedophilia, incest &#8211; is left untouched. At its core <em>Bent Steeple<\/em> is a vampire novel ripe for the masses, hence the justified comparisons with <em>Salem\u2019s Lot<\/em>. But Wells-Taylor doesn\u2019t bother himself (or us) with the modern limp-wristed, sanitized vamps the Twilightgeneration has become accustomed to. His version of bloodsuckers harks back to the original Prince of Darkness in all his disgusting, loathsome glory. This is one creature of the night that you definitely wouldn\u2019t want to start a love affair with!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Morpheus Tales #12 Review Supplement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.morpheustales.com\/reviews.htm\" target=\"_self\">Click here to download FREE Morpheus Tales #12 Review Supplement<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Click Cover to Sample Morpheus Tales #12<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morpheustales.com\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1247\" title=\"Sample Morpheus Tales Issue 12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/morpheus_tales_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/morpheus_tales_12.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/morpheus_tales_12-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;&hellip;a vampire novel ripe for the masses&hellip;&rdquo; C.M. 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