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Randolph "Dilda" Carter
Randolph "Dilda" Carter rated it 9 years ago
What starts out excellent finishes as just average. The first 121 pages of this collection by Schwader, known primarily for her poetry, are great; top notch Lovecraftian stories that are fresh and original, and not derivative. But then things change, the second half of the book is stories based arou...
Geeky Girl's Graveyard Reads
Geeky Girl's Graveyard Reads rated it 10 years ago
Horror for the Holidays is a collection of 26 Lovecraftian tales. The figure of Krampus is featured on the cover. He is standing beside a 19th century-garbed evil elf-child and what appears to be a sack full of dead children. Despite this cover, the collection features holidays throughout the year, ...
Randolph "Dilda" Carter
Randolph "Dilda" Carter rated it 10 years ago
Apparently one of those books that Arkham House was supposed to release before they joined the choir eternal... Pretty good creep anthology with a lot of names I didn't know. Ugly cover and dj. There were a handful of really good disturbing stories and no real stinkers, which I hate in an antholog...
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 13 years ago
I just read the first story in this collection. I picked it up at a friend's house and saw that there was a contribution from CaitlĂ­n R. Kiernan, so I read it while waiting. It was good. I noticed there were stories from a couple other authors I often enjoy, Cherie Priest and Tim Pratt, so I may see...
Feelingfictional
Feelingfictional rated it 13 years ago
I hate to say it but I just couldn't get on with this one, I only read the first 3 stories / poems in the anthology but it's been 20 days since I last picked it up and I haven't been able to bring myself to go back to it.It's not that the stories are bad, I just don't think this is my kind of thing ...
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