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A review by geve_
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven by Ellen Datlow
2.0
I really didn't like this collection.
Good(ish, honestly this is just the top story, not even 4 stars tbh):
Haunt
Neutral:
Back along the old track
Masks
a brief moment of rage
Bad:
The rest of the stories.
This really missed for me. I don't know why, a few of these felt really amateur to me, even feeling like they would be posted on nosleep instead of being published like this. There are a few big names here, but even they didn't really do it. I don't know how I can dislike this many horror short stories in a row, I was just shocked at how clunky and bad these were. There were a fair number of fantasy/horror with full on world builds which is really not what I'm looking for in a short story, also getting sick of the woman who is sad/overburdened and wants to kill her child trope and making that into a whole short story. Overdone at this point.
Good(ish, honestly this is just the top story, not even 4 stars tbh):
Haunt
Neutral:
Back along the old track
Masks
a brief moment of rage
Bad:
The rest of the stories.
This really missed for me. I don't know why, a few of these felt really amateur to me, even feeling like they would be posted on nosleep instead of being published like this. There are a few big names here, but even they didn't really do it. I don't know how I can dislike this many horror short stories in a row, I was just shocked at how clunky and bad these were. There were a fair number of fantasy/horror with full on world builds which is really not what I'm looking for in a short story, also getting sick of the woman who is sad/overburdened and wants to kill her child trope and making that into a whole short story. Overdone at this point.