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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces
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Tag Archives: horror
Christopher Golden’s The Monster’s Corner
The stated intent of The Monster’s Corner: Stories Through Inhuman Eyes, the Christopher Golden-edited anthology, is nothing if not ambitious. The concept —a collection of stories that show monsters as sympathetic, not heroic – is tricky enough on its own, … Continue reading
Douglas Clegg’s Isis: A Tale of the Supernatural
Faith J. Cormier wrote this review. Have you ever read “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs? It’s a nasty little story that proves quite graphically that bringing the dead back to life, no matter what the motive, is a … Continue reading
Ellen Datlow, Kelley Link and Gavin Grant, editors’ The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection
What’s better in this world than the best? That’s what I asked myself when I received an advance review copy of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Like the seventeen before it, it promises some of the finest stories and … Continue reading
F. Paul Wilson omnibus: The Tomb, Legacies, Conspiracies, All The Rage, and Hosts
“I can’t help wondering why these New World Order types should bother with an armed takeover. I mean, considering how nowadays people are slugging away at two and three jobs to make ends meet, how Mr. and Mrs. Average American … Continue reading
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Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, editors’ The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection
If someone were to assign awards to the roundup of Year’s Best books that invariably grace the shelves during the middle of each year, those volumes edited by Silverberg or Hartwell or Datlow and Windling or other sundry people, then … Continue reading
Roald Dahl’s The Best of Roald Dahl
Craig Clarke penned this review. Sure, you’ve read his books for kids. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda; these are wonderful representations of the twisted imagination of Roald Dahl. But they feel a little restrained, … Continue reading
Jack Cady’s The Hauntings of Hood Canal
Christine Doiron penned this review. … there are small pockets out here in the boonies where people stumble around and bump into each other. They aren’t particularly good, or particularly bright, but they halfway try to take care of each … Continue reading
David Barbour and Richard Raleigh’s Shadows Bend
Imagine, if you will, Conan the Barbarian taking on Cthulhu and its inhuman minions, with the fate of the world at stake. Quite an image, isn’t it? Admittedly, it does sound like something you’d find in a straight-to-video movie, or … Continue reading