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A review by twicomb
Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror by John F.D. Taff
2.0
The first story was 5 stars. One of the better horror stories I’ve read recently. There were two separate places where a wave of cold dread washed over me.
The second story was 4 stars. It was original and clever in how it was crafted, and did a great job in evoking the experience it was intending to evoke (intentionally vague here to remain spoiler-free).
Unfortunately, after that the stories went downhill. They got more and more predictable and dull until finally I just couldn’t go on. I made it to 75% of the way through the book so I really tried. Ended up DNFing it. But that first story….that one got under my skin in a big way. Shuddersville.
The second story was 4 stars. It was original and clever in how it was crafted, and did a great job in evoking the experience it was intending to evoke (intentionally vague here to remain spoiler-free).
Unfortunately, after that the stories went downhill. They got more and more predictable and dull until finally I just couldn’t go on. I made it to 75% of the way through the book so I really tried. Ended up DNFing it. But that first story….that one got under my skin in a big way. Shuddersville.