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999: New stories of horror and suspense - Al Sarrantonio

by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling. both of these feature reprints from various magazines. 999- is different. It features new stories from well established horrormeisters. The editor Al Sarrantanio is to be congratulated for his splendid assembly of stories. As in any anthology there are some strong entries, some mediocre but few downright stinkers. But on balance, it proves to be a good collection. My favourite pieces are the novella by William Peter Blatty ( of 'Exorcist' fame) called 'Elsewhere' -an extremly well written haunted house tale with Blatty's trademark humour; A rousing Stephen King tale' The Road virus hits north' which ...

999: New stories of horror and suspense - Al Sarrantonio

by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling. both of these feature reprints from various magazines. 999- is different. It features new stories from well established horrormeisters. The editor Al Sarrantanio is to be congratulated for his splendid assembly of stories. As in any anthology there are some strong entries, some mediocre but few downright stinkers. But on balance, it proves to be a good collection. My favourite pieces are the novella by William Peter Blatty ( of 'Exorcist' fame) called 'Elsewhere' -an extremly well written haunted house tale with Blatty's trademark humour; A rousing Stephen King tale' The Road virus hits north' which ...

999: New stories of horror and suspense - Al Sarrantonio

According to all the hype generated at the time, this was simply THE anthology to own last millennium. One novel, three novellas, eight novelettes and seventeen plain old short stories. Most of the names on the contents page are from the A-list of dark fiction. It has a nice, eye-catching red cover and an enormous marketing campaign. It would probably iron your shirts for you, given the chance. Headlining is the short novel 'Elsewhere', from the pen of William Peter Blatty. Though far from his best work, nor indeed the most interesting piece in the collection, 'Elsewhere' is an interesting tale of a haunted house in the middle of nowhere. A premise older than God, ...

999: New stories of horror and suspense - Al Sarrantonio

According to all the hype generated at the time, this was simply THE anthology to own last millennium. One novel, three novellas, eight novelettes and seventeen plain old short stories. Most of the names on the contents page are from the A-list of dark fiction. It has a nice, eye-catching red cover and an enormous marketing campaign. It would probably iron your shirts for you, given the chance. Headlining is the short novel 'Elsewhere', from the pen of William Peter Blatty. Though far from his best work, nor indeed the most interesting piece in the collection, 'Elsewhere' is an interesting tale of a haunted house in the middle of nowhere. A premise older than God, ...