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Dixie Ghosts by Talmage Powell, Richard Hardwick, John Bennett, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Howard Rigsby, Frank D. McSherry Jr., Manly Wade Wellman, George Florance-Guthridge, Madeleine L'Engle, Donald Hamilton, Jack L. Chalker, Thomas Nelson Page, Jack Cady, William Goyen, Carl Carmer, Charles G. Waugh, Ambrose Bierce, Davis Grubb, Martin H. Greenberg, Mollie E. Moore Davis

thewordslinger's review

3.0

Dixie Ghosts is a small anthology of short tales set in various Southern United States cities. Though, of course,there were a few who, without mention of physical locale, could have taken place just about anywhere.

Most of these stories were entertaining. But there were a few I had to give up on. "Dead Man's Story" by Howard Rigsby was one such tale. I am from the south, born and raised in Georgia and lived here most my life--but the accent that this tale is written in is unfamiliar to me and was difficult to make sense of at times.

I guess I was sort of expecting something different out of this anthology. It's not that the tales themselves were all bad, there were many that were very entertaining. But I left the book underwhelmed. 3 Stars.