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    <body><![CDATA[I am SO looking forward to this tome.  I found it in a outlet store for $6 and grabbed it as fast as I could.  Stories from some of my favorites (Harlan Ellison's &quot;Whimper of Whipped Dogs&quot; plus a couple from Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, HP Lovecraft and one from Philip K. Dick) as well a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7944808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have any interest in horror fiction, The Dark Descent is essential.  In fact, if you're new to horror, don't bother with anything else.  This compilation will not only introduce some of the best works in short fiction of the last hundred years, but it will do so with a clarity of vision that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1392331">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the best horror anthologies -- it's a must-have, along with Kirby McCauley's Dark Forces and the Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I may quote Forrest Gump for a moment, I'd like to say that <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23793.The_Dark_Descent" title="The Dark Descent by David G. Hartwell">The Dark Descent</a> is like a box of chocolates. Not so much because you &quot;never know what you're gonna get&quot; - because these stories are almost uniformly well written - but because the best way to consume it is a few pieces (storie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56174446">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What's most interesting to me are the entries in this collection by author's who are not well known for writing horror (William Faulkner! Charles Dickens!). I haven't even finished reading the whole book yet and I feel strongly that it deserves a five star rating. This book is absolutely essential t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16008378">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I was a teenager this was my favorite horror story anthology (In Mexico &quot;The Dark Descent&quot; was released as &quot;El Gran Libro del Terror&quot; by Martinez Roca publishers). Among many jewels, it includes the best ghost story I've ever read, &quot;Afterward&quot; by Edith Warthon (yes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56640528">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't even get halfway through it. Some of the stories were just downright BORING. I stopped reading once I got to &quot;The Yellow Wallpaper.&quot; <br/>The only good stories I liked were &quot;The Monkey&quot; by Stephen King; &quot;If Damon Comes&quot; by Charles L. Grant; &quot;The New Mothe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36927223">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Contains one of PB's All Time Greats :<br/><br/>&quot;The Summer People&quot; by Shirley Jackson (1950)<br/><br/>Old Shirl has got matter-of-fact horror <em> down</em>, she <em> owns</em>  matter-of-fact horror, and it's a thing of wonder. Perfectly bland boring people do these ordinary things and it all plods on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50491577">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I doubt any of my friends have any interest in this, but if you 're looking for a primer on some of the world's greatest short horror stories, this is the best I've found.  The choices are crazy-smart, and it'll catch you up so you'll sound smart at your next horror short story function.  I'll be th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19348001">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good collection spanning the genre from classics (such as Poe and Hawthorne), to contemporary authors (King and Barker), and everything in between.<br/><br/>While certainly not comprehensive, this broad collection is a great addition to any horror collection, or for anyone wanting to get ac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34272479">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Almost everything in here is brilliant: Flannery O'Connor, Lovecraft, Poe, Shirley Jackson, Faulkner, Ellison, Phillip K. Dick and beyond.  A justly acclaimed anthology that posits Horror as literature.  Yes. ]]></body>
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