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The Hag (eBook)
| The Hag | |
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 The Hag eBook Cover, written by Jean Marie Bauhaus | |
| Author(s) | Jean Marie Bauhaus |
| Publisher | Amazon Digital Services |
| Publication date | March 18, 2022 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 55 Pages |
| ASIN | B09TG646SR |
For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).
The Hag is an eBook written by Jean Marie Bauhaus. In this work the character Tricia has aspects of a Succubus in her nature.
Overview
- Title: The Hag
- Author: Jean Marie Bauhaus
- Published By: Amazon Digital Services
- Length: 55 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B09TG646SR
- Publishing Date: March 18, 2022
Plot Summary
Michael Latimer is living the good life. He’s head of his university’s English department, he has a great marriage to a beautiful wife, an assistant who makes him look good at work… What more could he ask for? But when one night he finds himself immobile in his own bed as terrifying visions taunt and torture him, his life begins to crumble--along with his sanity.
Rational man that he is, Michael gladly seizes on a diagnosis of sleep paralysis--a sensible, scientific-sounding name for the ghastly night visits that plague him. But as he continues to grapple with his condition, his research takes him down paranormal rabbit holes that make him question everything he knows about the nature of the world, and evil… and Kathy, his wife.
Kathy is worried about her husband. He’s been having trouble sleeping, and ever since it started, he’s become more cold and withdrawn, even hostile. She hopes spring break at her parents’ remote cabin in the Ozarks will let him get the rest he needs to return to his easy-going, lovable self.
But when his coldness toward her only intensifies once they’re at the cabin, she can’t resist the impulse to check his phone, convinced he’s having an affair. What she finds instead is far more disturbing, and is only the beginning of Kathy’s night of sheer terror.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on June 5, 2022
Micheal and Kathy have a wonderful, loving relationship. But something is coming between them. Things are turning dark, events are becoming strange and troubling. Kathy wants things to be better. the way they were, but there’s something haunting them both and it will have to be faced eventually. Not everything s a dream and it’s far too easy for nightmares to intrude.
The work is a mixture of drama, horror, though that’s not over the top or strange seeming, and a telling of what one will do for their love. Written well, the characters are fully realized, their emotions are true and the telling of events feels right in how things unfold. There’s really no erotic moments tone found, and that would have hurt the story overall if they’d been taking things over.
It’s a bit difficult to say the succubus of the work is actually a succubus. The hints are there, references are made, but it’s not really clear. I tend to think of them as being a traditional succubus for the most part with some differences around the edges to make them something more deadly and evil.
That said, the story focuses on the mind games which the succubus is responsible for. There’s some night terrors as well which fill in the gaps in the story well. But the focus is really on Kathy, her coming to terms with how Micheal has changed and trying to sort through that. She’s very much the glue of the story and how she comes to resolve the strife, or at least come to terms with it, progresses her character which gives the story the weight it needs.
It’s a fully realized story that carries the story and characters towards the conclusion. The climax is a bit rushed, a little hollywood horror movie, but it works to ramp the pressure and turn the story to the ending. I do like the ending, the moment fills in the final pieces and gives the characters what matter to them the most.
Four out of five pitchforks.
While the work is described as horror, I don’t really think it is. There’s more of a suspense to it, a bit of a psychological bent, a bit of love fighting against the odds and that works really well. Perhaps a bit rushed at times, but that’s a reflection of the action more than anything else. It’s good use of the traditional view of succubi at its core, but don’t read it looking for erotica because it isn’t that.