Chris Priestley
Birth date: August 25, 1958
Chris Priestley's Books
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.
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