"Little Tale" is not a horror novel in the true sense of the word.
In fact, of horror it has almost nothing. What prompted me, then, to review this book? Several things.
First of all: the author is a real witch. In fact, a Wiccan. And reading a book written by a witch is still within my purview as the hellish reviewer of The Gate!
Second reason: behind the pseudonym Melusina Richella is a horror writer whom many users of The Gate know well, as a nocturnal creature who frequents our chats, forums and literary contests...a friend, in short.
Third reason: the novel is permeated with magic, mystery, poetry and "other" spirituality. No theory, however, everything here is lived, and intensely.
The story proceeds by stages and fateful moments, a bad marriage, "animalistic" motherhood, séances and too-true tarot cards, pagan loves and late-night chats, characters too real to be virtual and too insecure and indecisive to be real, erotic call-center and role-playing, searing disappointments and many deaths in the same life. All to narrate a love, so boundlessly great that human souls reject it, and all that remains is to pour it out into a great Cosmic Womb, the only one capable of receiving it worthily.
Forget the potions witches and those flying on brooms, you will find the real witch between the lines of this wonderful novel.
Autobiography? Who knows?
Fermenti Editrice - ISBN 88-87959-91-9 - Pages 126 - Price 10.33 euros
Reviewed by Domenico Nigro
