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There's a little something for everyone in this anthology. There's the more classic, leave much to the imagination scare (my favorite kind), and on the other end of the spectrum, there is the more overt, in your face kind of horror. I first encountered who has been come a favorite author of mine, Manly Wade Wellman in this anthology. It was love at first sight, reading his story about John the Balladeer. I knew I wanted to collect more of his fantastic southern gothic meets occult detective stories. I found some of the stories rather disgusting, like the one about the very obese man who was a compulsive eater in a manner that goes to horrifying extremes. There are a few that didn't make much of an impression on me, but most were definitely written to give the reader the jolt of horror they were looking for. If you like short stories and want a book that will keep you occupied until the last story is finished, you'd like this one, if you like horror, that is.

2022-10-21 06:49