Nasty and Brutish Shorts: Reading & Writing Short Horror Fiction

                                                                                                                Back for another visit to Greystone Bay, and this time we're staying in the swanky accommodations of the SeaHarp Hotel. This is the best of the books so far--you can read my reviews of volume 1 here and here , and of volume 2 here .  Introduction by Charles L. Grant Synopsis : A series of letters, following the SeaHarp Hotel through its changes of ownership. And what's with that mysterious room? Thoughts : Grant's "introductions" to the series aren't the usual forewords; instead, they're appetizers which get you in the mood for the quiet, mood...

                                                                                                 We're back on the Darker Side today with the back half of John Pelan's second "Darkside" anthology. This is a low floor, high ceiling situation, with some masterpieces and some gravely flawed trifles, and everything in between. I like these Pelan books , and I'm going to keep reviewing them, but the quality is really all over the place. That's exacerbated by the fact that the first half of the book is the stronger half by far, although we have some heavy hitters here who bring up the average.  Also--it's been a while since I've added one of these content warnings (and overall this book is much tamer th...