This is a graphic story telling of a dwarf who asked a man to be his guide.
As the story progress, the conversation grew darker. The man wanted to go into a cave, known to have treasure.
Now, the intention of this guide is to kill the man when he brought out the gold.
There is no good person in this story. The dwarf has also killed men before for different reason.
Unsettling story.
This is read for the Dark Dark Wood square.
Below, I mention how I liked each story and include a favorite quote:
A poem. Very creepy but I’d rather have read a Gaiman story.
Walking among us are the members of a secret company. I don’t know what I took away from this story if anything.
This was actually an excerpt from one of Tanith Lee’s novels. It was also the first time I read anything by her. I liked the imagery that her words created. For instance:
You’d appreciate this story more if you focused on how it was written rather than the plot. I did and I ended up liking it!
A literally visceral story about a man who discovers his remote can do much more than change channels!
A story that brings to mind dictatorships and restrictive regimes, such as the Prohibition in the Cromwell era. Oh, and a girl falls in love with a tiger!
This one was about a splinter group of people who left their human status behind by choice fighting for their rights.
Smoking is banned. Smokers decided to retaliate.
The beginning of the story is set up to deceive the reader. The end is one of the saddest endings I have ever read!
A blind girl will accept you into her family but she needs a sacrifice first.
A hidden cult in the midst of the society and a boy with a dying mother looking for a place to fit in.
Can you even said to be alive, if your insides have been replaced with metal? No, this isn’t about Wolverine!
There’s necrophilia and there are grim peepers. Read this story, if you love being grossed out.
This story is based on a certain type of “outsiders” who like to watch accidents.
A planned hit where the hitman isn’t on the complete plan.
Beautiful imagery is one of the characteristics of this story. The other is heartbreak!
Simply gross but a fitting addition to this collection. A wannabe pop star ends up in a gore-hardcore bar. She doesn’t make it out.
A teenager’s depression comes out to play!
The going ons in a restaurant with some very interesting characters thrown in!
Expectant mothers miscarry all around the world. No one knows why until we reach the end of the story…*shudder*
A sad story about the dreams of those below being crushed by the powers that be. This line from the story says it all:
Another favorite quote:
A broken man tired of being put down by the whole world makes friends…with shadows…who talk to him…
Lighten Up by Jack Ketchum
Pit Boy by Elizabeth Massie
Miss Singularity by John Shirley
The Working Slob’s Prayer by Poppy Z. Brite
Have you read this anthology? Which ones are your favorites?
Originally published at midureads.wordpress.com on September 13, 2017.
Wewnątrz dorośli też nie wyglądają jak dorośli. Na zewnątrz są więksi, bezmyślni i zawsze wiedzą co robią. W środku wyglądają tak jak zawsze. Jak wtedy, gdy byli w twoim wieku. Tak po prawdzie, dorośli nie istnieją.
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… nikt nie wygląda tak, jakim jest wewnątrz. Ty nie wyglądasz. Ja nie wyglądam. Ludzie są znacznie bardziej skomplikowani.
Neil Gaiman. Autor. Wyglądem i ubiorem dziwnie przypominający bohatera rewelacyjnego komiksu swojego autorstwa – Sandmana. Zaskakuje niemal za każdym razem – fabułą, bohaterami, opowiadaną historią i skojarzeniami, które przelewa na papier. Na czytelników jego książek przelewa się humor i specyficzne ciepło.
Już przy spotkaniu z HISTORIĄ CMENTARNĄ dojrzała potrzeba dodania do sympatii wobec autora, również szacunku wobec autorytetu człowieka bardzo uważnego, wrażliwego, o ogromnej empatii.
Ze względu na bogactwo treści, postaci, zaskakujących pomysłów realizowanych w całej historii „OCEANU NA KOŃCU DROGI” – nie warto streszczać tej opowieści. Lepiej zostawić czytelnikowi przyjemność poznania jej osobiście. Dojrzały mężczyzna odwiedzając rodzinną miejscowość wspomina wydarzenia, które dotknęło go, kiedy miał 7 lat.
Geniusz Gaimana widać tu wyjątkowo wyraźnie. Pozornie baśniowa i nierzeczywista historia bardzo mocno tkwi w codzienności. Czy to tylko nieprawdopodobna bajka osadzona we współczesności? A może opowieść o tym jak wrażliwe dziecko, broni się przed złem, które spotyka go ze strony dorosłych?
- Masz własne życie. Letti ci je dała. Musisz tylko dorosnąć i spróbować być tego wart.
Poczułem ukłucie urazy. Dostatecznie trudno jest żyć, próbować przeżyć w tym świecie, znaleźć swoje miejsce, robić w nim to co trzeba by przetrwać, nie zastanawiając się, czy to co właśnie uczyniłem – cokolwiek to było – było warte czyjejś, jeśli nie śmierci, to poświęcenia życia. To niesprawiedliwe!
For my first read I choose the book NeverWhere by Neil Gaiman, as I mentioned before. And I really enjoyed the book even though it was a very strange and confusing book. I really thought the main character of Richard was pretty strange and I liked him well enough, but the character of Door was my favorite between the two. The most interesting character by far and the one that really kept my interest, was the character of Marquis de Carabas. With him I was never sure if he was a good guy, bad guy, or just looking out for himself. So I would have to say he was definitely the character that kept me wondering what he would do next, whenever he was on the pages.
I really still have something's that confused me about the story but it didn't stop me from giving the book 4 out of 5 stars. The part that made me give the book 4 stars, was I just don't care for the ending at all. I probably would have only given the book 3 stars but I really loved the characters and the storyline. The book was creepy with some stuff that people would eat in the book and some of the individuals were really creepy and scary as well. Especially the characters of Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar.
I am so glad I read this book and choose it as my first read for the Halloween bingo for 2017.
I read 15 books In August
Graphic Novels:
Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman
The Lost Boys Volume 1 by Tim Seeley
The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three-Lady of Shadows by Robin Furth
The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three-Bitter Medicine
Batman: Volume 3 I am Bane by Tom King
Total: 5
Audio Books:
The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
The Daily Show The Book: An Oral History
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
Total: 4
ARCS:
Mass Hysteria by Michael Patrick Hicks
Spungunion by John Boden (not yet available)
Total: 2
Random Books:
The Suicide Motor Club by Christopher Buehlman
Through a Glass Darkly by Donald Kirch
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Dreamwalker by Russell James
Total: 4
READING CHALLENGES
Horror Aficionados Mount TBR Challenge:
(Horror Aficionados Group on Goodreads)
Goal: Read 40 books I already own in 2017
January Count: 1
February Count: 2
March and April Count: 0
May: 2 (Boo! and The Well)
June & July: 0
August: 1-The Talented Mr. Ripley
Running Count: 6
Graphic Novel Challenge:
(Paced Reading Group on GR)
Goal: Read 25 Graphic novels in 2017
January count: 5
February count: 2
March count: 5
April count: 5
May count: 3
June count: 4
July count: 4
August count: 5
Running Count: 33! Challenge Met!
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