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verkisto's review
5.0
OK, if you like horror, you need to read this book. It's 107 pages, so you should be able to start and finish it one afternoon. It's short, but it packs a hell of a punch. And that's really about all I can say about this book, because it's the kind of thing you have to discover.
A-Z Horror: N
A-Z Horror: N
mikekaz's review
3.0
I'm not sure how I feel about books by Norman Prentiss. Well, technically this was a collection of stories, all revolving around Dr. Sibley, the Chair of English and Classical Literature at Graysonville University. But I'm still not sure how I feel about the works of Prentiss. They have all the characteristics that should lead to really good stories but for whatever reason, I haven't been pulled into them as much as I would like.
In the case of FOUR LEGS IN THE MORNING: THE COLLECTION, there are three stories that give a picture of Dr. Sibley. "Four Legs in the Morning," a reference to the riddle posed by the Sphinx to Oedipus, focuses on a colleague who has an analysis of the riddle that differs from the paper written by Dr. Sibley. "Flannel Board" has a student who regrets the plagiarized paper he turns in to Dr. Sibley. "The Mask of Tragedies" involves a young administrator who wants to reduce some of the authority held by Dr. Sibley. All the characters learn their lesson in one manner or another. And they learn in a subtle, subdued manner rather than vicious and in your face.
I think that the problem I had was that it was too quiet. I don't really need a smoking gun but I think there should have been a bit more. Prentiss might be a bit too much like his Dr. Sibley character: quiet, sly, subtle, saying more by not saying much. I just wish that I could have been pulled into the stories more so that I could have enjoyed them more.
In the case of FOUR LEGS IN THE MORNING: THE COLLECTION, there are three stories that give a picture of Dr. Sibley. "Four Legs in the Morning," a reference to the riddle posed by the Sphinx to Oedipus, focuses on a colleague who has an analysis of the riddle that differs from the paper written by Dr. Sibley. "Flannel Board" has a student who regrets the plagiarized paper he turns in to Dr. Sibley. "The Mask of Tragedies" involves a young administrator who wants to reduce some of the authority held by Dr. Sibley. All the characters learn their lesson in one manner or another. And they learn in a subtle, subdued manner rather than vicious and in your face.
I think that the problem I had was that it was too quiet. I don't really need a smoking gun but I think there should have been a bit more. Prentiss might be a bit too much like his Dr. Sibley character: quiet, sly, subtle, saying more by not saying much. I just wish that I could have been pulled into the stories more so that I could have enjoyed them more.
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