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from the Spells, Space & Screams: Collections & Anthologies in Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror group.
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After the Final by Richard Gavin ★★☆☆☆ Well, that was yet another vague story of hallucinations, violence, and a generally unpleasant tone.
Diamond Dust by Michael Griffin ★★☆☆☆ That went awry. A troubled relationship and secret steel company business end in paranormal horror. All of which sounds cooler than the story felt.
20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett ★★½☆☆ More like steps to mental and moral degradation into gory violence.
The Holiness of Desolation by Robert M. Price ★★☆☆☆
A short hallucination with a violent end.
The Xenambulist: A Fable in Four Acts by Robin Spriggs ★★☆☆☆ A lonely man bangs on the door to a church and then is swallowed up by something. That sounds way more fun than the story was.
The Company Town by Nicole Cushing ★★★★★
A brutal little story about the pain and emptiness of American Corporate Life.
The Man Who Escapes This Story by Cody Goodfellow DNF
Animal violence - Skip.
Pieces of Blackness by Michael Kelly ★★★★☆
A horror movie. First it’s a marriage falling apart over a woman’s childbearing obsession. Then they adopt and it makes things worse.
The Blue Star by Eddie M. Angerhuber ★★★☆☆
A man laments when a monster ate his girlfriend and he was too scared to help.
This collection of fifteen stories taps into the horrors and fears of the supernatural as well as the everyday. Included are two original stories, several rarities and out of print tales, as well as a few "best of the year" inclusions. Stephen Graham Jones is a master storyteller. What does happen after the people lights have gone off? Crack the spine and find out.
No Signal Darrell Schweitzer ★★★½☆ These stories are so sad! A demon trapped inside a mirror is freed meaning his reflections, who thought they were real, fade away.
Basement Angels by Joel Lane ★★★☆☆ A man with feinting spells, who feels like ghost, meets an odd fey artist who understands him - or at least fits his victimology.
The Secrets of the Universe by Michael Cisco SkipI lost interest immediately, the format did not help.
The Human Moth by Kaaron Warren ★★★☆☆
Madness, sadness, loneliness - but written rather lovely all the same.
The Lord Came at Twilight by Daniel Mills ★★★½☆ A vivid story of emptiness. It felt both medieval and modern in its violent, colorful, search for meaning.
Agreed about Bradley. It would have to be someone like Shohreh Aghdashloo to pull it off.
Furnace by Livia Llewellyn ★★★★☆ Llewellyn is my favorite weird short fiction writer. She can lift the grotesque to beauty and intrigue. I don’t know what this apocalyptic story of maternal obsession means, but I enjoyed thinking about it.
https://youtu.be/GyjhqjIUmjgJ: What do you think about the casting of Desire?
I think if they were going for scary they nailed it. They/them look like the Joker’s unfriendly pansexual sibling.
That might be great.
This version of Wednesday Adams looks better but the Gomez had me cringing.https://youtu.be/Di310WS8zLk
