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Tucked away in the Chihuahuan Desert lies a motel unlike any other…Fueled by online trends, a shift in the American zeitgeist has led to the instatement of the Lazarus Act, legalizing the 'recreational use' of human corpses.Ellis Mercer, recently bereaved, embarks on a secret mission to America's first 'necrotel' to…
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I wouldn't often--I would almost never--consider describing a book as "original" because I tend to think everything's been done, but the main point of MOTEL STYX, an exploration of a world where necrophilia is legal but regulated--is not something I've seen before, and authors von Eschen and Butcher handle their subject with frank rationality that endows it with fascination that balances its inherent repulsiveness. Don't get me wrong: the book is very, very nasty, definitely extreme horror that goes for gross-outs like you might expect. However, it delves with surprising insight into psychological states surrounding death and loss that both…
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