Metaflesh: Poems in the Voices of the Monster
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In the flickering twilight of the Cinématoxique, the twisted brainchild of a mad doctor and an inspired poet waits for the opening curtain...
Evan J. Peterson invites you to explore the life of the creature-Frankenstein's "monster"-through poetry and prose in various genres and stylings throughout the ages. From its fi
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