"Skin Medicine" contains innumerable well-drawn characters - good and bad, all drawn with the Curran flair. What I like most about the work is that it's well researched and doesn't glamour history with a patriotic brush. Curran shows the west without prejudice - good and bad alike - leaving us wondering about the nature of our own humanity. At times I found the writing unrelenting, but at other times it soars and easily rivals the work of Lansdale with its poeticism. I don't make this claim lightly either: Lansdale is my favourite author. The storyline is solid and the book progresses to a satisfying conclusion.
I'd recommend this book if you're a horror fan or a fan of Curran's work. Don't be put off by the fact "Skin Medicine" is a western. This book will convert you to the horror-western genre. It's a nice little paperback from an emerging publishing house, well worth the cost. Give it a read. --James R.Cain Dark Animus
SKIN MEDICINE is rough carpentry, at its finest. You can hear the creaking of coincidence and craft, grinding together like the hipbones of an antique stripper. There's gunplay and fiends from hell and Indian curses galore. SKIN MEDICINE is the bastard child of a burned out Louis Lamour, mating beneath an evil star with a hopped up Bentley Little. It's painted dark and rich, heavy on the metaphor and soaked clear through with carnage galore. It's fun in the style of such over-the-top cinematic classics as REANIMATOR, DOG SOLDIERS, and TREMORS. The battlescenes are juicier than KILL BILL volumes one through crazy eighty eight. Don't read it for edification, this is for entertainment only. SKIN MEDICINE is a well told yarn. --Steve Vernon Horrorworld
SKIN MEDICINE is rough carpentry, at its finest. You can hear the creaking of coincidence and craft, grinding together like the hipbones of an antique stripper. There's gunplay and fiends from hell and Indian curses galore. SKIN MEDICINE is the bastard child of a burned out Louis Lamour, mating beneath an evil star with a hopped up Bentley Little. It's painted dark and rich, heavy on the metaphor and soaked clear through with carnage galore. It's fun in the style of such over-the-top cinematic classics as REANIMATOR, DOG SOLDIERS, and TREMORS. The battlescenes are juicier than KILL BILL volumes one through crazy eighty eight. Don't read it for edification, this is for entertainment only. SKIN MEDICINE is a well told yarn.
