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Summary: Awesome
Review: I have this entire series and I would not part with it. Too bad it's out of stock now. I feel lucky to already own it. Good luck trying to get it.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: I have this entire series and I would not part with it. Too bad it's out of stock now. I feel lucky to already own it. Good luck trying to get it.
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Summary: inspiring
Review: I read this book about a year ago and the stories seriously inspired me into the world of, as the editor, puts it, "HDF" or "horror/dark fantasy". Stories like 'Evelyn Grace' continue to well in my mind as twisted, dark little gems.The book is deserved of a look. I am no fan of horror but these stories are much better, darker, twisted but quite subtle as well. I have ordered all 4 and keenly await them so I can once more immerse myself in the wonderful little world of "HDF"...
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Summary: inspiring
Review: I read this book about a year ago and the stories seriously inspired me into the world of, as the editor, puts it, "HDF" or "horror/dark fantasy". Stories like 'Evelyn Grace' continue to well in my mind as twisted, dark little gems. The book is deserved of a look. I am no fan of horror but these stories are much better, darker, twisted but quite subtle as well. I have ordered all 4 and keenly await them so I can once more immerse myself in the wonderful little world of "HDF"...
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Summary: the dark and the weird
Review: Most short story collections center around a theme, like horror (vampires, murder, etc), but this book serves as a composite of stories whose individual categories are often not easily inferred. The central theme that is required of these tales is that they be strange, dark, and nontraditional. You may find a story about a vampire, but it will not be at all what you would expect. The authors vary in quality, many of them obscure, but overall the stories included are impressive; some of them are quite a revelation in ideology or writing style. Not surprisingly with such an odd aspirant, the content of the stories are sometimes quite graphic, but the uninhibited creativity that this allows only adds to the visceral shock of pleasure. As far as I know there are 4 books in this series, all of about equal quality.
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Summary: Reality has fractured... and I like it that way.
Review: The yarns contained in this volume (or most of them, anyway) are best described as... trippy. "Oh, look, there's a guy stuck on our flagpole," "My new job is watching 'men' pound," and so on. This book scratched an itch I didn't know I had. If you liked "The Twilight Zone," then this book is for you. If asked about any shortcomings this book may have, I could only give two. First, there is one too many stories about terminal illness; I find stories of this nature to be less horrifying than boring. Second, there aren't any stories about clowns, and this would be the perfect place to publish such tales. And, as a final note, the story about the wolf that turns into a human is just irresistably cute!
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Summary: Go deeper into the world of imagination and horror.
Review: This is not your typical rendation of vampires and werewolves, these stories dwell into the deeper recesses of the mind and come out with unimaginable dark stories that will provoke you. I assure you, you will never be satisfied with a "normal" horror story again.
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Summary: One of the Best Anthologies I've Read
Review: This is one of the best Anthologies I've read yet. It is ashame it is falling out of print. Monteleone did a very commendable job editing this one, as I liked more of the stories in this one than in any previous anthology I've read. The best work in the book is "Stephen," the Bram Stoker Award winning Short Story (I actually think they counted it as a Novella) by Elizabeth Massie. Also very good was the ever-wonderful Poppy Z. Brite's "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood." Yes, that is Brite's most collected story, but this anthology was the first place it appeared. Ed Gorman--an author I've not particularly cared for in the past--also contributed a short piece I thought was wonderful: "The Black Sedan." This is just a few wonderful pieces. Yes, it has a few that aren't worth the reading--most notably Joe R. Lansdale's contribution--but overall this is a great anthology.
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Summary: It was a dark and stormy night
Review: What first attracted me to this series was David's cover art. This is the same artist who did all of DC's Sandman (Gaiman) artwork and I have always found it very attractive. The stories inside are very good. They come from authors that I have never heard of before and it is good to see new names in print. This book and the series in general tends to stay away from the worn out vampyre/werewolf stories that have been so popular within the past few years. Overall, a good book and an excellent series.
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