A rather good original anthology, having a 3.58 average. Not surprising to get an award, then.
The standout is easily Laird Barron's 'The Forest'. The opposite being Jeffrey Ford, who has never really struck me as a horror writer, and goes a bit Arthur C. Clarke here, even.
Other good stories from Ballingrud, Grant, Finch, Bestwick, Cadigan, with Hirshberg's the second best of all.
The introduction specifically says there are no 'werewolves, vampires, witches, zombies, etc.'
Inferno : Riding Bitch - K.W. Jeter
Inferno : Misadventure - Stephen Gallagher
Inferno : The Forest - Laird Barron
Inferno : The Monsters of Heaven - Nathan Ballingrud
Inferno : Inelastic Collisions - Elizabeth Bear
Inferno : The Uninvited - Christopher Fowler
Inferno : 13 O'clock - Mike O’Driscoll
Inferno : Lives - John Grant
Inferno : Ghorla - Mark Samuels
Inferno : Face - Joyce Carol Oates
Inferno : An Apiary of White Bees - Lee Thomas
Inferno : The Keeper - P. D. Cacek
Inferno : Bethany's Wood - Paul Finch
Inferno : The Ease With Which We Freed The Beast - Lucius Shepard
Inferno : Hushabye - Simon Bestwick
Inferno : Perhaps the Last - Conrad Williams
Inferno : Stilled Life - Pat Cadigan
Inferno : The Janus Tree - Glen Hirshberg
Inferno : The Bedroom Light - Jeffrey Ford
Inferno : The Suits at Auderlene - Terry Dowling
Dead girlfriend handcuffed nitrobike dirtnap.
3.5 out of 5
Ghost kid pool alert.
3 out of 5
Dying of cancer won't bug me, at least until the sun goes out, anyway.
4.5 out of 5
Limp angel bloody love.
4 out of 5
Poolroom angel meatpuppet dinner frogman revelation.
3.5 out of 5
Serial killer gatecrash gang.
3.5 out of 5
Bad dreams, dad.
3.5 out of 5
Might have to go a bit Rasputin to end the son's.
4 out of 5
Brother sister freaky third eye transfer.
3 out of 5
Growing parasite.
3 out of 5
Fancy booze stash, sex, revenge.
3.5 out of 5
What's all the dead burned kid stuff, then?
3 out of 5
Insane pagan murder mobile statue mum.Insane pagan murder mobile statue mum.
4 out of 5
Insane pagan murder mobile statue mum.Insane pagan murder mobile statue mum.
3.5 out of 5
Shoot and toast the serial killer, hopefully will work.
4 out of 5
Guard too late.
3.5 out of 5
Busted friendsihp's rocky end.
4 out of 5
Not falling fall from the old Family (or friends.
4.5 out of 5
Not so scary cat.
2.5 out of 5
Singing armour meteor maiden trap.
3.5 out of 5
4 out of 5
Sunday, July 5, 2009
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