Lilith Kindle Edition

I would give this 4.5 stars if I could. I read Lilith at the suggestion of a Twitter friend, and I'm glad I did. This is a short story with a very strong nod toward the stylings of Edgar Allan Poe, one of my favorite writers. I found the writing strong and the work well-edited...and the cover is compelling, as well!The story is told in the first-person by the protagonist, Eve. She's a new mother living with her son and husband out in the country and working on her master's thesis. Her thesis is about the legend of Lilith, Adam's first mate. As the story continues, it follows Eve's descent into confusion regarding what elements about Lilith "the baby eater" are imagined, and what she thinks she's experiencing first-hand.I found this a well-paced read that kept me wondering where the author was taking me until the very end. The one thing that didn't work for me was the style of the dialogue and some of the narrator's tone in light of the seemingly modern-day setting. Is this taking place in today's society? I assumed so at first, since this is a female earning her master's degree and it seems commonplace in the narration. However, there were times where the dialogue and narration were decidedly old-fashioned. One example: "I know you think me mad." And a second: "You tell me you go to our barn and discourse with an owl." People today don't speak like this, so I found it confusing.Overall, however, Lilith is a wonderful, quick and intriguing read.

LILITH is a lyrical and visionary evocation of terror in the form of ancient and mystical hunger. Christine Emmert's haunting novelette reads as a fusion of Edgar Allen Poe and Angela Carter, both devotees of the short story's power to enchant and enslave. The figure of Lilith, depicted in many of her incarnations, menaces from the page, even in the brightness of daylight. But LILITH equally tells the story of the unnamed narrator and her passions, dreams, fears, and obsession with the subject of her thesis, the woman before Eve. Lilith is a monster threatening the narrator and her family in their isolated home, and how the narrator deals with her nemesis reveals the end journey of many who fall victim to their own projects, be they short stories, novels, dissertations, works of art, architecture, missions to space, or the myriad things of the world and beyond that capture the human imagination.

I bought this e book after a friend, Stant Litore, (author too) suggested it on Twitter back in August.It was a short story that ended way too fast.I was expecting something that would be interesting but not so memorable.Lilith was not in beautiful demon form but came as a barn owl in the night looking for her meal- a beautifully chubby baby.This story of Lilith is beauty and terror combined.I have always wondered who Lilith was and why she was always the name ppl picked for their female vampires in stories I have read.This short story explains all I have wanted to known and then some.It is creative, haunting, and memorable.Give it a chance if this is not your usual type of story.You will NOT regret it.

LILITH is a mesmerizing and poetically written story of a young mother who discovers that the barn owl outside their house is really the incarnation of the evil and mythical Lilith, hungry to eat the mother's new child. But why should this not be so? The young mother is writing a long thesis on Lilith which possesses her. "Keep the doors closed and the windows locked," she tells her bewildered husband. Full of myth and wind and coming dark and human love and our oldest and most primitive fears, this gripping little jewel of a story will hold you until its surprising end.Christine Emmert is an actress, playwright, acclaimed poet and teacher. She is also the author of the novel ISMENE.

Lilith is a masterpiece of the short story form.The language is beautiful but at the same time accessible.While reading I felt like I was a witness to the narrator's emotions: terror, jealousy, sorrow.I hope to read more by Ms. Emmert in the future!

The media could not be loaded.  Brief summary:Masterful storytelling, a story that will move you and chill you to the bone. The incredible descriptive properties will cast a terrifying light on Evelyn's struggle to save her infant from Lilith, who seeks to devour him.This novelette will leave you thinking, and suspicious of any visiting barn owls.

Lyrical, dark, evocative, haunting, beautifully grounded in our inherited lore, equally inventive.

Evelyn is a graduate student doing her thesis on the mythical figure Lilith, Adam's first wife. At first all is going well, until Evelyn meets Lilith in the form of a barn owl in her barn. She becomes obsessed, first with the fear that Lilith will steal and devour her infant son, and then that her husband will succumb to Lilith's wiles.Is the danger real? Who and what is Lilith? Is Evelyn, as her husband fears, losing her emotional grip? The tensions and stresses are growing, between the couple and within Evelyn. And then her husband tells her to paint Lilith.This is a creepy, atmospheric, very effective novella. Recommended.I bought this book.