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Post by cauldronbrewer on Feb 3, 2012 12:40:42 GMT
Stuart David Schiff (ed.) - Whispers V (Doubleday, 1985; Jove, 1988)Connie Willis - Substitution Trick
David Drake - Dreams in Amber
Hugh B. Cave - Footprints in Perdu
F. Paul Wilson - The Last ONE MO ONCE GOLDEN OLDIES REVIVAL
Wade Kenny - A Country Home
William F. Nolan - Of Time and Kathy Benedict
Dennis Etchison - Deadspace
Jerry Sohl - Cabin Number Six
Steve Rasnic Tem - Father's Day
Alan Ryan - The East Beaverton Monster
Libby Tinker - The Horse
Sharon N. Farber - Return of the Dust Vampires
David Morrell - For These and All My Sins
Karl Edward Wagner - Beyond Any MeasureI was highly impressed by the first four Whispers books, but the fifth one left me somewhat cold. The Wagner story has never been one of my favorites of his, though I know that some rate it as one of his best. For some reason, Etchison's work has never moved me; this one's no exception. Some of the stories are clever but cryptic (for example, the Willis story, which deals with Harry Houdini visiting the "other side," and the Farber story, which concerns an experimental treatment for a dying B-movie star). Morrell's tale--about an unfortunate driver coming across a town of gruesome sin-eaters--is memorably dark. For me, the two standouts were the Cave and Sohl stories. Hugh B. Cave - Footprints in Perdu: Haiti. A young doctor and nurse visit a remote village to help a young girl reputed to be a "loup-garou" responsible for the disappearance of several babies. Once there, they find a host--and a mystery--in the form of the village big shot, who presents himself as the girl's benefactor and seems to have plenty to eat even though everyone else is starving. Jerry Sohl - Cabin Number Six: A contentious couple takes a vacation to an out-of-the-way cabin on the advice of their therapist. Soon their marital issues are the least of their problems, as a hairy monster and a creepy laughing woman relentlessly menace them.
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