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    Cousins

    By James Musgrave

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    An exquisitely-written work of fiction and intertextuality centered around the great poet and writer, Edgar Allan Poe. In this strange and surrealist project, Poe is depicted as an author and character, tormented by the loss of his young wife and cousin, Virginia Clemm. His pain is rendered through the lens of his thematically-rich work and the people that populate it.

    "Cousins" makes use of intersubjectivity to draw parallels between Poe, his characters and their various subjective states. Some of these fictional characters inhabit worlds that are far removed from their creator. There is a strong blend of historical elements and futuristic elements at work. The running theme seems to be "forbidden love" – with "grief" and "despair" coming in second.

    Narratively, the story juxtaposes facets of Jungian psychology with elements of classic gothic horror. The resulting tapestry is a multi-layering of cognitive perspectives over an archetypal view of lust, love and loss.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Musgrave
    Release dateMay 23, 2022
    ISBN9798215520222
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    James Musgrave

    James Musgrave has been in a Bram Stoker Finalist anthology, and he’s won the First Place Blue Ribbon for Best Historical Mystery, Forevermore, at the Chanticleer International Book Awards. His most recent publication, “Bug Motel,” is the first story in the Toilet Zone 3 Horror Anthology, Hellbound Books. "Jasmine," is in the anthology Draw Down the Moon published by Propertius Press. His adult short fiction anthology Valley of the Dogs, Dark Stories, won the Silver Medal at the 2021 Reader's Favorite international contest. Two of his historical mystery series are published through and curated by the American Library Association's Biblioboard.com.

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