August 21st, 2011 by alephnaught
Dark Delicacies (Book review)
- Title: Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World’s Greatest Horror Writers
- Author:Del Howison (Editor), Geff Gelb (Editor)
- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Carroll & Graf (August 31, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0786716762
- ASIN: B00127SGSS
I got this book at the bookstore Dark Delicacies, and yes, they published this collection of horror stories.
I don’t usually read horror stories, but this collection rocks! There are some very famous authors inside (for example, who knew that Ray Bradbury wrote horror fiction?) and all the stories were absorbing and interesting. Every story has an interesting, unusual bent to it; for example, “Dark Delicacies of the Dead” is a take-off of the store, including vignettes with authors who are friends of the store owners. I especially liked “Black Mill Cove,” a story about a man seeking abalone (and that’s not all he found, or lost) and “All My Bloody Things” which brings a new vision on cannibalism.
I highly recommend this book; there are three anthologies in all, I’m glad I bought all three!
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+Bob Hays
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2:09 pm on August 22nd, 2011
Thank you for the glowing review. One correction – we don’t publish the books as it was published by Ace Publishing in New York.
Thank you again
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4:29 am on August 23rd, 2011
Right – my intent was to point out that you guys gathered the work, thanks for the correction. And I can’t wait to start the 2nd collection!
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