Status Updates From The Weird: A Compendium of ...

"The Hungry House" - Good. I never wanna look in a mirror again.

"The Complete Gentleman" - Didn't care for this story.

"'It's a Good Life'" - Very good. Even if the introduction didn't mention it you can feel this one has a very big Twilight Zone vibe.

"Mister Taylor" - Liked it. Has that nice ironic tone I've noticed a lot of South American literature has.

Finally back to the Weird, starting on Tainaron: Mail from Another City! It's a long one, but off to a roaring start.

"A Child in the Bush of Ghosts" - Didn't much care for this one. The concept is interesting, but I just didn't like the author's prose.

"The Summer People" - Really liked it. Very subdued and pretty funny, too.

"Thr Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles" - Liked it. A good spiritual successor to the Lord Dunsany story.

"The Long Sheet" - Really liked it. Very Kafkaesque. Funny yet disturbing.

"The Aleph" - Really liked it. Borges is a master.

"The Crowd" - uh... OK. Pretty lame story. Didn't like it.

"Smoke Ghost" - Liked it. Final third was very good.

"White Rabbits" - Liked it. Brief but creepy.

"Mimic" - Liked the concept, but felt there could've been a bit more to it, more build-up, maybe. Still pretty good, though.

"Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass" - I really liked this one! A different kind of Weird made weirder by the fact that I had to read this short story in three sittings because during each sitting I suddenly became incredibly drowsy.

"Far Below" - Liked it. The ramblings of a madman describing some horrific subterranean beasts were unsettling; the implications even more so.

"The Town of Cats" - Just OK. Honestly, I liked the first part about the narrator's walking habits more than the part with all the "Weird" stuff.

"The Tarn" - The ending was very unsettling, and Fenwick's absolute disdain for Foster is kinda funny, but overall this was just another OK story for me.

This is an amazing collection of stories. Some will stuck in my mind forever.

"Genius Loci" - My first Clark Ashton Smith story. Liked it enough; the prose is good, and I like the theme, but the story itself was simply alright.

"The Book" - Liked it. A classic tale of a man corrupted by evil.

"The Mainz Psalter" - Love it. Jean Ray has become one of my favorite Weird writers, partially due to this story and--

"The Shadowy Street" - Another incredible story from Jean Ray. Love it.