HALLOWEEN (Edited by Paula Guran)
A selection of new and old stories make up this anthology about, as the title portends, Halloween.
THE GOD OF THE RAZOR
An essential volume for Joe Lansdale fans, this is a 20th anniversary hardcover reprinting of Lansdale’s splat happy 1987 classic THE NIGHTRUNNERS.
A GLIMPSE OF THE NUMINOUS
I can honestly say that, in a most unusual occurrence, nearly all the tales in A GLIMPSE OF THE NUMINOUS are defiantly unique, if not downright bizarre.
Glass Coffin Girls
I’ll have to say that based on the nine bizarre tales collected in GLASS COFFIN GIRLS, Paul Jessup definitely has the touch.
GHOULS IN MY GRAVE
Here we have one of the great unknown masterworks of horror fiction.
GASTON LEROUX’S PHANTOM STORIES
In truth, however, only one of the nine Leroux stories collected here is PHANTOM related: “The Real Opera Ghost,” a nonfiction account of the actual crimes that inspired the novel.
FREAKS AND FANTASIES
As for FREAKS AND FANTASIES, it’s the first Robbins publication in over sixty years, and for that reason alone deserves a look.
FEATHER: TALES OF ISOLATION AND DESCENT
FEATHER is a true oddity that exists somewhere in the arena of J.G. Ballard and Ian Sinclair, yet will never be mistaken for anything other than itself.
A FEAST OF FRIGHTS FROM THE HORROR ZINE
Each of these anthologies has been bigger and better than the last, meaning A FEAST OF FRIGHTS is the most substantial of them all (at least until the next one).
FANTASTIC MEMORIES
As the title promises, this short story collection purports to be a compilation of memories, most of them fantastic and/or macabre in nature.