Supernatural Sex

THE DEMON GUARDIAN by Neil Davies begins with a man hearing voices and seeing shadows. Just when he thinks the situation can't get any worse, his wife, Swan, disappears. Around the same time, a couple of friends find a strange stone in the woods behind the haunted house. After contacting an expert, digging begins on the mysterious site. Eventually the separate storylines merge, and everyone soon learns the area is tied into a Norse myth, in more ways than one.

There's not much character development, aside from a little personal history here and there, mixed in among the interactions between the three groups of people. Most of the story comes across as supernatural erotica, rather than horror. For example, Swan's backseat tryst is described, but not her abduction. The author focuses on the lust rather than the destruction, which makes the suspense more trashy than terrifying.

I don't have a problem with sex in horror stories, but I would have preferred emphasis on the demon guardian, instead of the town orgy. I recommend Davies' Vampire Worms instead of this novella.

As always,
AstraDaemon