edited by Dennis Etchison
published by Leisure Books
contributors: Peter
Straub, Joyce
Carol Oates, Richard Laymon,
Ramsey Campbell, William F. Nolan, Charles L. Grant, Robert Devereaux, Gordon Linzner, S. P. SomTow, Tom Piccirilli, Melanie Tem, Peter Atkins, Darren O. Godfrey, Joel Lane, Conrad Williams, Th. Metzger, Susan Fry
and Lisa
Morton
ISBN-10: 0843949287
ISBN-13: 978-0843949285
reviewed by Adam
Armstrong
10.12.2008
What a lineup!
From museums of
anatomical atrocities to killer books; aliens that look like 17 nails and
killers that prefer hammers as their main method of dispatching victims; ghouls
in France and hotels in the mountains for only certain guests.
What a great
collection of stories from some of the best in the biz. A few of the most
notable for me were: Perdido: A Fragment From A
Work In Progress by Peter Straub (unfortunately unfinished), The Bird Catcher by S. P. Somtow, and Hammerhead
by Richard Laymon. There were a few stories that
didn’t really grab me but I find that there are almost
always a few stories in a collection that aren’t liked by someone or are
overshadowed by their companions.
A great horror
collection by those who know it so well: 5 out of 5