Book Review: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 16 edited by Stephen Jones Let’s go back to 2004 for what at least one editor considered excellent short horror fiction. As with the later volume I have reviewed, there’s a lot of ancillary material. It opens with an extended look at horror and horror-adjacent… Continue reading Book Review: The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 16
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Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales
Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales compiled by Stefan Dziemianowicz The definition of “thriller” is a little loose in this fun anthology, though most of the stories do have at least some suspense. It feels more like the compiler picked a bunch of the public domain stories he liked, but didn’t have a strong… Continue reading Book Review: Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales
Movie Review: When Marnie Was There
Movie Review: When Marnie Was There directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi Anna is an orphan with asthma and alienation issues. When she is sent to a rural village for the fresh air, Anna believes her foster parents are just dumping her on their friends for the summer. But the area certainly isn’t a bad place to… Continue reading Movie Review: When Marnie Was There