A review by zeecorster
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One by Michael Blumlein, Florence Marryat, James D. Jenkins, Francis King, Ernest George Henham, Stephen Gregory, Christopher Priest, Hugh Fleetwood, Hugh Walpole, Charles Birkin, Forrest Reid, Richard Marsh, Michael McDowell, Gerald Kersh, Bernard Taylor, Mary Cholmondeley, John Blackburn, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Ryan Cagle

5.0

Finally finished this collection I started last October, and it's rare that I would give a collection that features stories from assorted authors five stars, but this one easily earns the high rating. It's spectacularly edited, and Valancourt Books is rapidly becoming my favorite indie publisher—I have yet to be disappointed by any of their books. Standout stories were definitely John Blackburn's Aunty Green, Michael McDowell's Miss Mack, Stephen Gregory's The Progress of John Arthur Crabbe, Michael Blumlein's California Burning and Hugh Walpole's The Tarn. I eagerly await starting Volume 2 later this month...