In a mix of urban fantasy and horror these are short shorts with an average of 6 pages per story some are longer and some are shorter. They're a good mix and I enjoyed most of them.
This thing just needs to be read.
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...
This book's got everything. Ghouls, vampires, ghosts, witches, necrophilia, pedophilia, incest, cannibalism, rape... Man, I could go on listing stuff. But I won't, read it and find out for yourself.It's hard rating a compilation of stories, even if they're all from the same author. In my perspective...
Brian McNaughton is yet another lost, unsung author - a tragedy! although he did receive some recognition in his life, in the form of a World Fantasy Award for The Throne of Bones - a morbid, fascinating, beautifully written tale of corpse-eating ghouls.The House Across the Way - despite its faerie ...