BORN IN BLOOD: VOLUME TWO BY GEORGE DANIEL LEA (COVER REVEAL)

12/7/2021

it's based on the notion that we are all born into states of trauma; that our first cries are of indignation at being dragged into a world that we have no say in, and that that trauma echoes down our days, subtly informing every thought, emotion and action,

Born in Blood: Volume Two by george daniel lea

Author: George Daniel Lea
Cover: Nick Hardy
Publication Date: August 10, 2021
Pre-order link
https://perpetualpublishing.com/product/born-in-blood-volume-two/

One of the joys of running a site like Ginger Nuts of Horror is being able to share in the joys and successes of the members of the review family. Today we are proud to bring you the cover reveal for George Daniel Lea's Born in Blood Volume Two.

If Volume One is anything to go by, then Volume Two will be a must read for horror fans

"Born in Blood: Volume One is one of those rare and revelatory works that jolts you out of a slumber and makes you look at the world with fresh eyes. Quite simply, this is a stunning collection of horror fiction." - George Illet Anderson

We spoke to George Daniel Lea about his new collection and George had this to say about it

It basically serves as a conclusion to the overarching mythology set up in volume 1; there are a lot of stories that inter-bleed, have references to one another or that derive from the same basic back mythology. I would say it's about trauma, more than anything; it's based on the notion that we are all born into states of trauma; that our first cries are of indignation at being dragged into a world that we have no say in, and that that trauma echoes down our days, subtly informing every thought, emotion and action, whether we acknowledge it or not. In the wider back mythology, that collective trauma has formed a kind of abstract condition called Abarise ("The Abattoir Paradise"), which is a place where our traumas are collated and expressed in myriad hideous and hellish ways, but not always with negative consequences: it's also a state where we are forced to face our essential selves; the pain that informs and drives us, and thereby transcend it, becoming something more.

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HIGH HEAVEN AND LOW HELL

Born in blood . . . the first breath and all that follow, tainted by original trauma, echoing throughout every thought, every heartbeat; blossoming into more profound pain, until breath and thought both cease . . .
What we grow accustomed to . . . what we can endure:

The days bleed into one another, as we do; hurt defining every moment.

No more. Now, all instants are one; pulsing brilliant, ecstasy and agony, rendered down; experienced in a heartbeat.

Every shame. Every sorrow. Humanity, history. This is what we are; the God we gave birth to.

Better? Yes. Yes. Now, we all suffer the same; no more division; no privilege or powerlessness. We are the same; sexless, skinless, ex sanguine.

And we celebrate, content in our disgrace.

Born in Blood: Volume 2 Preorder:

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Born in Blood: Volumes 1 and 2 bundle package:

https://perpetualpublishing.com/product/born-in-blood-book-bundle-volumes-one-two/