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Post by andydecker on Jun 1, 2020 10:56:42 GMT
David J. Schow – Lost Angels (Signet, 1990, 252 p.) RED LIGHT The most beautiful girl in the world trapped in a centerfold of fear. BRASS A man looks in the mirror to see the sins of his father staring back at him. PAMELA'S GET A woman must decide if her bosom buddy is a friend or a fiend. MONSTER MOVIES The child who won't grow up takes possession if the grown-up he has become. THE FALLING MAN A Hollywood director stars in a drama of lust and death scripted by Satan. LOST ANGELS Winging their way to the most terrifying spheres of the storytelling imagination – in the horror collection of the year.Content: Introduction - Richard Christian Matheson Red Light (1986) Brass (1986) Pamela's Get (1987) The Falling Man (1988) Monster Movies (1990) The back-text is nicely done. Understated, just the content, no sales-hype. They left this to the introduction of Schow's friend Matheson jr. . "As brothers of the night, I've traveled with David, hung-out together in some strange places. Talked neck-deep into very bad hours." The longer stories here are more subdued works, all L.A. stories with L.A. people seen through the eyes of a horror writer. While they are well written, Schow knows to play with language, they depend on taste, I guess. Not much blood spilled by "the Father of Splatterpunk", as the cover proclaims.
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