COMPULSORY GAMES by Robert Aickman

TL;DR: It’s good. If you like weird fiction and want to try Aickman, this is as good as any other place to start.

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This collection brings together previously uncollected works, mostly left over from the Faber & Faber reprints from a few years back. As such they might not be the best stories with which to first encounter Aickman. But as a noted author of weird stories maybe there’s no best way to encounter his work except with some hope that you’re getting one of the good o...