Reality is a thin translucent membrane that separates this world from the one beyond, and that membrane bends and buckles as we thrust ourselves ag...
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Sep 09, 2010
Sarah L.
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Simon Strantzas is the author of two twisted collections of strange tales and horrific adventures. His first book was Beneath the Surface published by Humdrumming Press. (I haven’t had the pleasure of reading this collection yet, but I hope to track it down.) The second book is entitled Cold to the Touch. (According to his website – a third collection is being created – I will keep my eyes peeled.) When I did my first book review on SNS I spoke about the great masters of the short story, like Po
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Sep 26, 2011
Benjamin
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This was a great introduction for me to Simon Strantzas' work. To this point I have heard excellent things and was ultimately compelled to track down this not-so-easy to find collection from Tartarus Press. So here is the thing, I gave this one 5 stars because as a collection, it is closer to 5 stars than to 4 stars. I can't really say that there was a single story in the collection that left me blown away, but story for story, this may be one of the strongest collections I have read in some tim
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Feb 26, 2010
Gemma
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A fine collection of horror short stories which are light on the grue, heavy on the existential dread. At his best—as with tales like “Pinholes in Black Muslin”, “Fading Light” and the title entry—Stranzas’ narrative voice reminds me strongly of a young Ramsey Campbell, though he can also be a bit too Kafka-esque for his own good, trading pleasant obliqueness for total unintelligibility.
Jun 03, 2011
Charles
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A solid book of short stories in an excellent psychological style. I preferred "Beneath the Surface" most likely due to its Lovecraft/Ligotti influence, but this one is excellent as well.
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