Borderlands 3 (Monteleone 94)

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Another entry in the excellent genre pushing horror anthology series



7 • Brazo de Dios • non-genre • (1993) • short story by Elizabeth Massie
23 • Witch Hunt • (1992) • short story by Andrew Vachss
29 • The Owen Street Monster • (1993) • short story by J. L. Comeau
37 • The Man Who Was Made of Money • (1993) • short story by Avram Davidson
51 • The Brotherhood • (1993) • short story by John Alfred Taylor
59 • The Sixth Sentinel • (1993) • short story by Poppy Z. Brite
76 • The Man in the Passenger Seat • (1993) • short story by Bentley Little
87 • Ghosts of Christmas Present • (1993) • short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
104 • The Ugly File • (1992) • short story by Ed Gorman
113 • Midnight Grinding • (1993) • short story by Ronald Kelly
129 • Multiple Dwelling • (1993) • short story by Kathleen Jurgens
144 • Night Life • (1993) • short story by Michael Cassutt
157 • A Stain Upon Her Honor • (1993) • short story by John Edward Ames [as by John Ames]
168 • Leavings • (1993) • short story by Kathe Koja
175 • Traumatic Descent • (1992) • short story by Lawrence C. Connolly
189 • Baby Sue, We Love You! • (1993) • short story by Marthayn Pelegrimas
200 • High Concept • (1993) • short story by David Bischoff
225 • Just a Closer Walk with Thee • (1993) • short story by John Maclay
231 • The Banshee • (1993) • short story by Thomas Tessier
246 • Hungry • (1992) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
256 • Horror Story • (1993) • short story by Whitley Strieber

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Elizabeth Massie - Brazo de Dios: An American nun in an unnamed Latin American country does mission work for the peasants when she is rounded up by the goon squad. At first she thinks it’s so the local captain of the security forces can rape her, but she has a series of discussions with a sinister but not unsympathetic man in black who speaks with her at length about Christianity and why she is in the country. Finally, he offers a test of her faith: Will she lose her arm to save a life?

Both grim and compassionate, this is an intelligent and mature look at provocative issues. It’s the thing that this series actually managed to do time and again.

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Andrew Vachss - Witch Hunt: Unnamed narrator was abused as a child by the babysitter but nobody believed their claims of Satanic Ritual Abuse. Now, they’re on a one person witch hunt…

A pretty slight story, although it does some interesting things with the unreliable narrator. Just because they’re out to get you doesn’t mean you’re not paranoid…

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JL Comeau - The Owen Street Monster: Series of conversations between the concerned housewives of Owen Street as they reveal how they dealt with a monster in their midst, and the aftermath.

Decent satire, but this one could have been more satisfying if it had been told in a more straightforward manner and not after the main action had happened.