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Post by jackball74 on Aug 2, 2011 3:22:15 GMT
Not an anthology, but a great collection of stories by a father and son. The pair have a similar style of writing that really draws you in, and both can do wonders in a small amount of pages. Most tales are in the "got what's coming to them" vein, though some have happy (albeit creepy) endings. Highlights include "Death Flight", "The Man Who Needed Freaks" and "The Window", but every story is well done. Unfortunately, the two never produced another work.
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Post by jackball74 on Mar 30, 2015 19:43:52 GMT
A re-hash of The Graveyard Companion with seven new stories (and three omitted from the original collection).
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Post by dem bones on Mar 31, 2015 7:57:11 GMT
Any chance of posting some details?
Shaun Usher was aka 'Jeffry Scott', who contributed the short-short Out Of The Country to John Burke's Tales Of Unease (Pan, 1966) and He Said I Could to the same editor's More Tales Of Unease (Pan, 1969). The latter story originally appeared in London Mystery Magazine #61, June 1964, as by Shaun Usher. Gray Usher contributed The Hungry Dragan to London Mystery #60, March, 1964.
The following London Mystery stories are credited to 'Jeffry Scott'
Statement of Major X - London Mystery #61, June 1964. Gilderay’s Theory - London Mystery #64, March 1965 Darling Sinner London Mystery #67, December 1965 The Death of Pity - London Mystery #71, December 1966 Choose Your Weapons - London Mystery #72, February 1967 The Blood-Gold Bracelet - London Mystery #74, September 1967 Cobwebs and Autumn Leaves - London Mystery #76, March 1968 Wait...and See - London Mystery #77, June 1968 Give Him the Gun - London Mystery #79, December 1968 Keyhole on Tomorrow - London Mystery #80, March 1969 They’re Playing Our Music - London Mystery #83, December 1969 Death Switch - London Mystery #90, September 1971 What’s Your Guilty Secret? - London Mystery #91, December 1971
Do any of the above feature in the book(s)?
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Mar 31, 2015 10:25:38 GMT
Great title. The actual story can only be a disappointment, given what the title conjures up for me.
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Post by jackball74 on Mar 31, 2015 17:42:28 GMT
Sorry! Actually there were six taken out of the second collection. Here's the contents of the Graveyard Companion:
Flowers for My Love Ebb Tide Death Flight Mr. Stoneman Compensation The Man Who Needed Freaks Churchyard Yew A Hunger for Ghosts A Little Light Reading Only Three Owners Mousetrap Murderer's Plaid The Spare Room Where the Rats Went Drover's Road Good Dog Grinling's Banquet The Window The Oberleutnant The Dreams
And Festival of fiends:
Flowers for My Love Ebb Tide Death Flight A Woman, Waiting A Rose for Ellie Mr. Stoneman Compensation "Don't Look Back" The Man Who Needed Freaks Can't You Take a Joke? Churchyard Yew A Hunger for Ghosts Welcome Home A Little Light Reading Only Three Owners Put a Foot Wrong Murderer's Plaid The Spare Room Valzvaze The Dreams
No mystery stories here, but I'm glad one of them penned some more stories!
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