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Post by dem on Aug 31, 2013 11:32:37 GMT
Syd Bentlif (ed.) - Horror Anthology (Mayflower-Dell, 1965) Elizabeth Howard and Robert Aickman – Left Luggage
Edgar Allan Poe – Silence
Ray Bradbury – The Dwarf
Isabel Colegate – The Nice Boys
Edgar Allan Poe – The Tell-Tale Heart
M. R. James – The Uncommon Prayer Book
Jerome Bixby – It’s a Good Life
Algernon Blackwood – The Terror of the Twins
Joan Aiken – Marmalade WineBlurb Horror Anthology: Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe, Algernon Blackwood, Jerome Bixby, Joan Aiken, M. R. James
Great tales Of The Macabre By World masters in their field.There was a trend in the 'sixties and seventies for these slimline, eight-ten story collections of horror standards plus one original by a contemporary author, cases in point being Paperback Library's The Dark Shadows Book Of Vampires & Werewolves ("Dolly"s The Vampire Nemesis, and Fred Pickersgill's And Graves Give Up Their Dead, No Such Thing As A Vampire and Horror 7 each of which debut stories by Richard Davis). Horror Anthology has a rare (?) excursion into the macabre by novelist Isobel " The Shooting Party" Colgate, and it's very good indeed. Isobel Colegate - Nice Boys: When fiance Jacob leaves her for a younger, prettier, wealthier model, our unnamed narrator spends October in Venice to brood on the happiest weeks of their romance/ wallow in melancholy. The 'nice boys' are Poney and Sig, two affluent, fun-loving English toffs who, she suspects, are homosexual. They certainly have a flair for cross-dressing. Soon she has reason to believe that they are the thrill killers responsible for the recent axe murder of the Anderson family of Epping. It's also apparent that Frau Engels, their doting, masochistic landlady, is not only aware of their crimes, she condones them. And now the nice boys realise their fellow guest is on to them.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Sept 2, 2013 18:50:30 GMT
This looks fun, so I've ordered it. Another Vault-induced purchase - this website will eventually bankrupt me....
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Sept 6, 2013 17:55:58 GMT
I might have to follow Shrink Proof's lead here. I've read most of the stories, but it could be worth buying the book for the Blackwood, Howard, and Colgate entries.
Bentlif had good taste, though not so much creativity when it came to titling.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Sept 6, 2013 19:39:22 GMT
I might have to follow Shrink Proof's lead here. What, into Vault-induced bankruptcy? My copy's just arrived at Bedside Manor and teeters on the top of the looming stack labelled "To Be Read"... |
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Post by Shrink Proof on Oct 8, 2016 12:49:34 GMT
My copy's just arrived at Bedside Manor and teeters on the top of the looming stack labelled "To Be Read"... Embarrassingly, I've just read it. Three years on... (A neat collection, btw, well worth it). |
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