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Can You Sign My Tentacle?

By Brandon O'Brien
Can You Sign My Tentacle? by Brandon O'Brien digital book - Fable

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Cthulhu meets hip-hop in this book of horror poems that flips the eldritch genre upside down. Lovecraftian-inspired nightmares are reversed as O'Brien asks readers to see Blackness as radically significant. Can You Sign My Tentacle? explores the monsters we know and the ones that hide behind racism, sexism, and violence, resulting in poems that are both comic and cosmic.

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5 Reviews

3.5
“It is a poetry collection of sci-fi and horror poems. It's truly bizarre, interesting and kind of crazy. My imagination ran wild whole reading the book and there were a lot interesting lines that captured my attention. Although I'll admit that I was a bit confused too and sometimes I couldn't comprehend what was going on. But overall, a great collection and very refreshing to read. Also the title and cover is just perfect! Merged review: It is a poetry collection of sci-fi and horror poems. It's truly bizarre, interesting and kind of crazy. My imagination ran wild whole reading the book and there were a lot interesting lines that captured my attention. Although I'll admit that I was a bit confused too and sometimes I couldn't comprehend what was going on. But overall, a great collection and very refreshing to read. Also the title and cover is just perfect!”
“O'Brien has definitely written a collection that is observant, creative, and meaningful. Full review to come.”
“I received an eARC copy from Interstellar Flight Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Lovecraft Thesis #5 .......Ever notice how they huddle around warped symbols, pledge fealty to idols long since dust, march on wearing capsized ideas on their heads to hide from sight? The philosophical aspect of placing words one after the other in a specific order exists for one and one purpose only, and that is to elaborate a higher transcendental objective that aims to transmit a deeper meaning of simple communication. Furthermore, one must ensure that the precise word is placed in an unerring place to emphasize a specific momentum the message wants to highlight. In simple words, my expectations were not met. If this collection was supposed to be a horror novel-in-verse, it did not hit the spot; there was no connection with H. P. Lovecraft's tones whatsoever, although the reference was there. When it comes to the sci-fi explosion of motives, there were no cohesion of thoughts and no relation with the previous nor the following verse. Most of the poems felt like badly put-together odd words from an ancient dictionary that make no sense. The writing was confusing most of the time, the relation between words and thoughts not there, the expression overpowered with an abundance of extravagant phrases and sentences that failed in transmitting a, what I believe was, simple message. The blurb said that "Can You Sign My Tentacle? explores the monsters we know and the ones that hide behind racism, sexism, and violence, resulting in poems that are both comic and cosmic." None of these emotions, feelings, deep meanings and hidden messages came through; none of them screamed at my face. That is what was expected; that is what I came here for. The struggle is real when I have to reread a few verses and poems and still come through blank, without finding anything new about what I have just read. One great thing that caught my attention was the cover artwork. It is fascinating, inviting, intriguing; the colour palette is gorgeous. I just wish this collection considered including illustrations that would represent the words and messages the poetry bears; that would have been a perfect combination.”

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