Reviews

The Barrens and Others by F. Paul Wilson

hotsake's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

3.5

Above average but short stories, anthologies, and short story collections just aren't my thing and they rarely satisfy me unless they feature characters or settings that I am already a fan of.

jamieh2024's review against another edition

4.0

A great collection of tales and two plays by F. Paul Wilson. My favorites are highlighted. It includes:
Feelings
Tenants
Faces
A Day in the Life
The Tenth Toe
Slasher
The Barrens
Definitive Therapy
Topsy
Rockabilly
Bob Dylan, Troy Johnson, and the Speed Queen
Pelts
Pelts (the stage play)
Glim Glim (the stage play)

jamiezaccaria's review against another edition

3.0

This was a fun and varied compilation of well-written horror and speculative fiction. 'The Barrens' was the obvious stand-out and I loved it to bits. I wanna throw a shout-out to 'Pelts' and 'Slasher' as well.

jch2022's review against another edition

4.0

A great collection of tales and two plays by F. Paul Wilson. My favorites are highlighted. It includes:
Feelings
Tenants
Faces
A Day in the Life
The Tenth Toe
Slasher
The Barrens
Definitive Therapy
Topsy
Rockabilly
Bob Dylan, Troy Johnson, and the Speed Queen
Pelts
Pelts (the stage play)
Glim Glim (the stage play)

buildhergender's review against another edition

5.0

Great collection of short stories.
The second that Wilson has published.
Along with the stories is a semi biography of each year of his life while these stories were written. Quite like a few of Asimov's personal collections the early Asimov, vol 1-3.