Meat
Joseph D’Lacey
Bloody Books
Trade Paper, £7.99 ($15.58 on Amazon.com)
Review by Sheila Merritt
In an alternate (or future) world called Abyrne, clergy and commerce combine to create a society of culturally controlled cannibalism. A group labeled “The Chosen” is literally “cowed” into submission as food for those who can afford to buy meat. Joseph D’Lacey’s cautionary […]

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