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A review by mad_about_books
Dark Screams: Volume Four by Brian James Freeman, Ray Garton, Heather Graham, Ed Gorman, Richard Chizmar, Clive Barker, Lisa Morton
5.0
The fourth installment of DARK SCREAMS offers a variety of writers for your screaming pleasure.
The Departed by Clive Barker
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Clive Barker is a consummate teller of tales whose body of work evokes the fanciful side of both horror and fantasy. I once heard him say "there is no delight the equal of dread." The way in which he creates delightful dread is through the use of beautiful prose to describe those things that go bump in the night. The biggest bump in the night happens, of course, on Halloween. Ghosts and goblins roam the night in search of treats and to play a trick or two.
Clive Barker never disappoints.
The New War by Lisa Morton
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When age sets in for an old warrior, he finds himself battling the indignities of aging.
Sammy Comes Home by Ray Garton
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When the family pet disappears, all his family wants is for him to come home. Add a touch of PET SEMETARY, and you have all you need for a night of horror.
The Brasher Girl by Ed Gorman
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As I suspected when I read it, the title is a clever little play on words. Cindy Marie Brasher lives up to her name with a little help from her 'friend.'
Creature Feature by Heather Graham
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Whenever I watch the latest offering in sci-fi or horror on the silver screen, or even the TV screen, I find myself marveling at the special effects. Monsters become real, the blood and guts is visceral. I look at shows like the "CSI" franchise or "Bones" and think that these shows were created to showcase the talents of the special effects creators.
Once there were waxworks to characterize the very human monsters of yesteryear, now they come alive at the hands of a talented group of artists. So what if Jack the Ripper was with us today?
The DARK SCREAMS anthologies showcase some of today's finest writers in the horror genre. Under the talented hands of Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar, the stories in each convey the darkest parts of the human soul.
The Departed by Clive Barker
============================
Clive Barker is a consummate teller of tales whose body of work evokes the fanciful side of both horror and fantasy. I once heard him say "there is no delight the equal of dread." The way in which he creates delightful dread is through the use of beautiful prose to describe those things that go bump in the night. The biggest bump in the night happens, of course, on Halloween. Ghosts and goblins roam the night in search of treats and to play a trick or two.
Clive Barker never disappoints.
The New War by Lisa Morton
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When age sets in for an old warrior, he finds himself battling the indignities of aging.
Sammy Comes Home by Ray Garton
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When the family pet disappears, all his family wants is for him to come home. Add a touch of PET SEMETARY, and you have all you need for a night of horror.
The Brasher Girl by Ed Gorman
=============================
As I suspected when I read it, the title is a clever little play on words. Cindy Marie Brasher lives up to her name with a little help from her 'friend.'
Creature Feature by Heather Graham
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Whenever I watch the latest offering in sci-fi or horror on the silver screen, or even the TV screen, I find myself marveling at the special effects. Monsters become real, the blood and guts is visceral. I look at shows like the "CSI" franchise or "Bones" and think that these shows were created to showcase the talents of the special effects creators.
Once there were waxworks to characterize the very human monsters of yesteryear, now they come alive at the hands of a talented group of artists. So what if Jack the Ripper was with us today?
The DARK SCREAMS anthologies showcase some of today's finest writers in the horror genre. Under the talented hands of Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar, the stories in each convey the darkest parts of the human soul.