Tales of Blood and Roses is a compilation zine featuring fiction, poetry and photography of a gothic persuasion. The theme of this issue is “Love Gone Wrong” and the focus seems to be on vampires, werewolves, blood and death. The full-colour photos are a nice touch, and mostly feature fetish models chillin’ in graveyards and such. It clocks in at just over 550 pages and although I gave this one an honest effort, much of it felt a little too cliché for my tastes. Not my cup of tea though I imagine there will always be an audience for this sort of thing. (Amber Forrester)
Compilation Zine, #1, [email protected], $4.75