Best New Horror #31

PS PUBLISHING 2021

Edited by Stephen Jones

My previous reviews of the publisher HERE and the editor HERE

Stories by Scott Bradfield, Maura McHugh, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Jonathan Carroll, Alison Littlewood, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Bacon, Don Webb, Ron Weighell, Angela Slatter, Richard Gavin, Michael Chislett, Mark Samuels, Richard Christian Matheson, Dale Bailey, Simon Strantzas, Kristi DeMeester, Steve Rasnic Tem, Reggie Oliver, Tanith Lee, Glen Hirshberg, D.P. Watt, Michael Marshall Smith.

As I had the honour of my stories being included in this series (1, 2 & 6), I felt I wanted to review this last one, as a heartfelt note of gratitude to all concerned, and to express my congratulations to Stephen Jones in particular…

When I read this mighty book, my thoughts will appear in the comment stream below…

Strange Tales: Tartarus Press at 30

Tartarus Press 2020

Edited by Rosalie Parker

My previous reviews of this publisher: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/r-b-russell-tartarus-press/

Stories by Rebecca Lloyd, Mark Valentine, Andrew Michael Hurley, N.A. Sulway, Stephen Volk, Inna Effress, Ibrahim R. Ineke, Eric Stener Carlson, Jonathan Preece, Tom Heaton, J.M. Walsh, Angela Slatter, John Gaskin, D.P. Watt, Karen Heuler, John Linwood Grant, Carly Holmes.

When I read this book, my thoughts will appear in the comment stream below…

A Miscellany of Death & Folly

EGAEUS PRESS MMXIX

Edited by Mark Beech

My previous reviews of this publisher here: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/tag/egaeus-press/

Stories by Cate Gardner, Albert Power, David Yates, D.P. Watt, Chris Kelso, Adam Bolivar, Angela Slatter, Ismael Espinosa, Icy Sedgwick, Kaaron Warren, Brendan Connell, Adriana Díaz Enciso, Paul StJohn Mackintosh, Hayden Peters, Leena Likitalo, Suzanne J. Willis, Kayleigh Marie Edwards.

When I read this book, my thoughts will appear in the comment stream below…

Best New Horror #29

PS PUBLISHING 2019

Edited by Stephen Jones

My previous reviews of PS Publishing: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/tag/ps-publishing/

Stories by Helen Marshall, Conrad Williams, Gemma Files, Alison Littlewood, John Linwood Grant, Richard Gavin, Simon Strantzas, Alison Moore, William F. Nolan, Angela Slatter, Danny Rhodes, Tim Lebbon, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Bailey, Mark Samuels, Felice Picano, Nicholas Royle, Reggie Oliver, Steve Rasnic Tem, Garth Nix, Thana Niveau.

Having had stories in three of the earlier issues in this series, I seem to have recently resisted purchasing Best New Horror books because the cover styles do not suit my tastes. And when there is a natural maximum capacity for my reading and reviewing, this has weighed in the balance, I guess. But I have now decided to take the plunge again…

When I read this book, my thoughts will appear in the comment stream below…

Great British Horror 2

Dark Satanic Mills

Black Shuck Books 2017

Edited by Steve J. Shaw

Paul Finch, Cate Gardner, Andrew Freudenberg, Charlotte Bond, Angela Slatter, John Llewellyn Probert, Marie O’Regan, Gary Fry, Penny Jones, Gary McMahon, Carole Johnstone.

When I review this work, my thoughts will appear in the comment stream below…

New Fears

Edited by Mark Morris

Titan Books 2017

When I review this anthology, my thoughts will appear in the comments stream below… (My reviewing queue of purchased publications is growing longer and I don’t expect to catch up until November).

THE BOGGLE HOLE – Alison Littlewood
SHEPHERDS’ BUSINESS – Stephen Gallagher
NO GOOD DEED – Angela Slatter
THE FAMILY CAR – Brady Golden
FOUR ABSTRACTS – Nina Allan
SHELTERED IN PLACE – Brian Keene
THE FOLD IN THE HEART – Chaz Brenchley
DEPARTURES – AK Benedict
THE SALTER COLLECTION – Brian Lillie
SPEAKING STILL – Ramsey Campbell
THE EYES ARE WHITE AND QUIET – Carole Johnstone
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF DEAD GRANDMOTHERS – Sarah Lotz
EUMENIDES (THE BENEVOLENT LADIES) – Adam Nevill
ROUNDABOUT – Muriel Gray
THE HOUSE OF THE HEAD – Josh Malerman
SUCCULENTS – Conrad Williams
DOLLIES – Kathryn Ptacek
THE ABDUCTION DOOR – Christopher Golden
THE SWAN DIVE – Stephen Laws

 

Dead Letters

An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned….

Edited by Conrad Williams

Titan Books 2016

Stories by Steven Hall, Michael Marshall Smith, Joanne Harris, Alison Moore, Christopher Fowler, Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, Claire Dean, Andrew Lane, Muriel Gray, Nina Allan, Adam LG Nevill, Lisa Tuttle, Nicholas Royle, Angela Slatter, Maria Dahvana Headley, China Miéville, Kirsten Kaschock.

When I real-time review this anthology, my comments will appear in the thought stream below………..

Strange Tales IV

Having just purchased STRANGE TALES: Volume IV (2014) Edited by Rosalie Parker from Tartarus Press, I am pleased to be in a position to start a real-time review of this high quality production hardback book shown below.

Tartarus website

Stories by Christopher Harman, Rhys Hughes, Rebecca Lloyd, John Howard, A.J. McIntosh, V.H. Leslie, Andrew Apter, Angela Slatter, Matt Leyshon, Mark Francis, H.V. Chao, Andrew Hook, Jason A. Wyckoff, Richard Hill, John Gaskin.

My previous reviews of some other Tartarus Press books: Flowers of the Sea: Reggie Oliver – Star Kites: Mark Valentine – Cold to the Touch: Simon Strantzas – Mrs Midnight: Reggie Oliver – Morbid Tales: Quentin S. Crisp – Black Horse: Jason A. Wyckoff.

MY REAL-TIME REVIEW OF THE FICTION IN THIS BOOK WILL APPEAR IN THE COMMENT STREAM BELOW AS AND WHEN I READ EACH STORY.

The Burning Circus

“THE BURNING CIRCUS” (2013)
BFS HORROR 1
An Anthology for British Fantasy Society Members

Edited by Johnny Mains
Introduction by Ramsey Campbell

Fiction by Adam Nevill, Thana Niveau, Angela Slatter, Alex Hamilton, Lynda E. Rucker, Stephen Volk, Muriel Gray, Rob Shearman.

**My review will take place in the comment stream below as and when I read each story.**

The corners of this book’s covers can kill!