Hand Me Down Clothes: Francine has to wear her dead sister’s hand me down clothes. It’s okay but kind of slight beyond one dark implication. It’s eh because I don’t quite get what the ending means, it implies something dark but it isn’t clear. Instead, we got a quick setup and punchline. Happy Death To You: Dorthy is stuck at her bad brother’s birthday party.
It’s a bit slight but has enough of a solid idea to make it alright. The ending is kind of nice if a bit confusing. And once again it gets dark, in a tragic way too. There isn’t much to this one but it has an interesting idea when we get to what is going on. Welcome to Fairview Cemetery: Janie inspects a strange women she sees in the local cemetery. I don’t know how “good” it is, as it is a bit rushed with the final beat being abrupt but the shock factor carries this one to being at least memorable. It gets into some weird logic but it makes for a wild final moment. I basically knew where it was going but man where it went was dark. First off, that’s not a name, no matter how many times they repeat it. Man, what a way to start.Ĭatch Me if You Can: After moving into a new house, Elgin starts seeing a strange boy around. It feels a bit rushed so it could have been more impactful but it works as it is, especially with the delightfully cruel ending. It’s a fun idea they use for some dark stuff.
Right off the bat we got a dark one that has more than one death in it. So as always we’ll go story by story to see how we do.Ī Greeting Card for Every Occasion: Mandy discovers special greeting cards that cause trouble. We’ve got 18 stories in that space so I imagine a lot be short. I picked this 1995 short story collection, because it’s Horror and is itself short at just 113 something pages.
His books have impressed me and he had his share of notable stuff so I wanted to read one of his other things eventual.
Today we get to visit George Edward Stanley again, notable Spinetinglers ghostwriter. Still don’t have Night of the Squawker in yet, so random read for today it is.
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