Chris Priestley
Birth date: August 25, 1958
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The frame for this collection of short stories is rather predictable. The individual tales themselves are better, though the first Uncle Montague book was better. I do wonder why all the short stories and the frame have male central characters. The stories channel Poe, James, and LeFanu. The bo...
Read it if: * you can’t resist a rollicking tale set on the high seas * you have ever been held captive by an elderly person as they regale you with far-fetched stories from the distant past * you are inclined to complain heartily and predict impending doom should the weather stray more than a...
Pre-Release Mini-Review: The Dead Men Stood Together Read it if: * you can’t resist a rollicking tale set on the high seas * you have ever been held captive by an elderly person as they regale you with far-fetched stories from the distant past * you are inclined to complain heartily and predict impe...
I have read this book many times over the years. And I keep loving it.Every story begins with a prologue, a character (always a kid), special circumstances and a story teller (mostly a creepy character or someone who deals in creepiness). Throughout the stories there are pauzes were the main charact...
I loved this! Brilliantly creepy stories with a moral twist.