The Subjugated Beast
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A legendary rarity, The Subjugated Beast is not simply a literary curiosity, but a true masterpiece of the genre, years ahead of its time. Denice Jeanette Bradley-Ryan writing as R.R. Ryan and Kay Seaton deserves to be thought of as one of the true masters of the weird novel and…
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The Subjugated Beast begins with a classic Gothic setup: an inheritance clause compels a young woman, Curl, to live in the gloomy Castle Grim with her Uncle Paul and Aunt Beatrice.
Holed up in that castle, the impotent and monomaniacal Paul subjects Beatrice to a perverse scientific experiment, wherein she is forced to subsist solely on raw meat. Paul hopes that over time this diet will unlock the woman’s inner beast, a property he believes thrives “deep beneath the undisputed consciousness of each of us.”
Ryan writes in lucidly vivid prose and demonstrates full mastery of plot, character, and atmosphere.…
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