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A Winter's Tale: Horror Stories for the Yuletide by Charles Rutledge, James R. Tuck, Cliff Biggers
kitvaria_sarene's review
5.0
This one was a lot of fun!
Very different stories in varying tones, styles and genres made for entertaining reading that never got boring.
From slightly nostalgic to delightfully silly, from a bit scary to haunted, from a bit weird to academic, from vengeful to creepy, from contemplative to Lotus-Eater inspired, from good old military to navy and a brilliant entertaining story with some bookish VIPs for the ending, this book definitely had something for every taste!
From what feels Victoria to Sci-fi, it really has it all.
The order of the stories was very well planned and they followed nicely from one to the other. Some really short, some rather more than a short story, all well chosen!
My personal favourites where the stories by the following authors:
Amanda Dewees I had to pause to buy the first book in the accompanying series right after finishing the story! I love the witty, no nonsense main character and the tone.
Josh Reynolds again for the characters and the uncanny feeling he provided.
John Linwood Grant once more for the main character who was just right to my taste in his pragmatism. Also for the whole setting of the story.
Jim Beard for catching me off guard more than once and turning my head with some twists.
And the last story by James A. Moore and Charles R. Rutledge for the tone and voice, and the amazing mix of characters. Charles Dickens, magic wielding Crowley, and Kharrn, a big brute with an axe - I'd love to read a whole series of these! One of my favourite pieces I've read in the whole year!
Very different stories in varying tones, styles and genres made for entertaining reading that never got boring.
From slightly nostalgic to delightfully silly, from a bit scary to haunted, from a bit weird to academic, from vengeful to creepy, from contemplative to Lotus-Eater inspired, from good old military to navy and a brilliant entertaining story with some bookish VIPs for the ending, this book definitely had something for every taste!
From what feels Victoria to Sci-fi, it really has it all.
The order of the stories was very well planned and they followed nicely from one to the other. Some really short, some rather more than a short story, all well chosen!
My personal favourites where the stories by the following authors:
Amanda Dewees I had to pause to buy the first book in the accompanying series right after finishing the story! I love the witty, no nonsense main character and the tone.
Josh Reynolds again for the characters and the uncanny feeling he provided.
John Linwood Grant once more for the main character who was just right to my taste in his pragmatism. Also for the whole setting of the story.
Jim Beard for catching me off guard more than once and turning my head with some twists.
And the last story by James A. Moore and Charles R. Rutledge for the tone and voice, and the amazing mix of characters. Charles Dickens, magic wielding Crowley, and Kharrn, a big brute with an axe - I'd love to read a whole series of these! One of my favourite pieces I've read in the whole year!
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