Blue Motel

Narrow Houses #3

by Peter Crowther (Editor / Contributor), Dennis Etchison (Contributor), Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Contributor)

This is the third volume in the "Narrow Houses" series. The series is a showcase for tales from writers in the fields of fantasy, horror and science fiction. This volume includes work by Ursula le Guin, Brian Aldiss, Ian McDonald, Michael Moorcock, Ed Gorman and Storm Constantine.

Contents
Foreword · Peter Crowther
Introduction · Dennis Etchison
House of Omens · Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Blue Motel · Ian McDonald
The Pond · Bentley Little
The Dream of Antigone · Brian W. Aldiss
Susannah and the Snowbears · Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Burn · Conrad Williams
Quarry's Luck [Quarry] · Max Allan Collins
The Curse [Dick Tracy] · Ed Gorman
Candle Magic · Storm Constantine
Rosemary for Remembrance · James Lovegrove
Betrayals [Werel & Yeowe] · Ursula K. Le Guin
The Reiver's Lament · Jonathan Aycliffe
Isaac My Son · Carl West & Katherine MacLean
The White Pirate · Michael Moorcock
The Legend of Pope Joan · David V. Barrett
Grandma Babka's Christmas Ginger and the Good Luck/Bad Luck Leshy · Ken Wisman
All in the Telling · Jeremy Dyson
Green · Mark Morris

Genres: Horror, Anthologies, Short Stories

369 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Peter Crowther, born in 1949, is a journalist, anthologist, and the author of many short stories and novels. He is the co-founder of PS Publishing and the editor of Postscripts.

Reviews

[christopherdrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad. There’s a good Ursula K Leguin story in here, and Ian Macdonald’s opener is pretty great. Otherwise, I gotta be honest, I found myself giving up on a lot of the stories in this collection. 4/10 might eat here again, but only if they replaced some of the wait staff.

[Ade Couper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad at all , this anthology : some nice horror/suspense stuff going on , & from some authors I haven't seen in anthologies before . Best stories for me in here : "Blue Motel" by Ian McDonald , "Candle Magic" by Storm Constantine , & "The Reiver's Lament" by Jonathan Ayecliffe. Definitely worth a look.