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A review by wensa
Dark Screams: Volume One by Brian James Freeman, Bill Pronzini, Simon Clark, Ramsey Campbell, Kelley Armstrong, Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
4.0
Short stories are an art form that few writters, these days, have the talent to pull off. It is a talent of taking a story and being able to flesh it out (give it a beginning, middle, and an end) in few words. This collection showcases a few of the rare authors who have this talent.
Stephen King's Weeds, for instance, is an older story. King has always been blessed with a talent for great story telling and his telling never lacks when it comes to short story form. Weeds was made into a short film for the movie Creepshow, and here it is in print form.
Then there is Kelley Armstrong. I've been a reader of her Otherworld series for years now and her talent for a good story always pulls me in. In this short story we see stalking and abduction in the face of the question "who can you ever really trust?" and "how much is too much?".
Other stories in the series include questions of sanity when you are told you are not sane, what would you do situations when you wake up chained to a psychopath who is driven by rage, or when ask to spy on your neighbors and keep it from those you love.
If you enjoy suspense in shortstory form then this collection has something for you. Give it a try.
Stephen King's Weeds, for instance, is an older story. King has always been blessed with a talent for great story telling and his telling never lacks when it comes to short story form. Weeds was made into a short film for the movie Creepshow, and here it is in print form.
Then there is Kelley Armstrong. I've been a reader of her Otherworld series for years now and her talent for a good story always pulls me in. In this short story we see stalking and abduction in the face of the question "who can you ever really trust?" and "how much is too much?".
Other stories in the series include questions of sanity when you are told you are not sane, what would you do situations when you wake up chained to a psychopath who is driven by rage, or when ask to spy on your neighbors and keep it from those you love.
If you enjoy suspense in shortstory form then this collection has something for you. Give it a try.