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A review by emmycd
Horror Library, Volume 6 by Eric J. Guignard
4.0
I received an ARC via Netgalley.
This is the first volume of the well-established Horror Library that I have read and wanted to read this after seeing one of my GoodReads friends reading it.
From what I can gather, the Horror Library exists to showcase unpublished or under-published authors in the horror genre. There are some authors who are frequently published in this series, but there is an open invitation for authors to submit their work in the hope of being included. I do like that Guignard has included a list of notable authors who were not included in the volume, but submitted strong pieces of work.
That being said, some of the work is a bit hit-and-miss. I was very tempted, after the first two stories, to give up on this volume. They were not good and the first one was very confusing. But then came The Night Truck. WOW. That was a fantastic story and signalled that there were some excellent pieces in the collection. In fact, there are many wonderful stories in this collection. However, there are many weak ones too and I really don't know what the last story was doing in this collection.
3.5 stars overall.
This is the first volume of the well-established Horror Library that I have read and wanted to read this after seeing one of my GoodReads friends reading it.
From what I can gather, the Horror Library exists to showcase unpublished or under-published authors in the horror genre. There are some authors who are frequently published in this series, but there is an open invitation for authors to submit their work in the hope of being included. I do like that Guignard has included a list of notable authors who were not included in the volume, but submitted strong pieces of work.
That being said, some of the work is a bit hit-and-miss. I was very tempted, after the first two stories, to give up on this volume. They were not good and the first one was very confusing. But then came The Night Truck. WOW. That was a fantastic story and signalled that there were some excellent pieces in the collection. In fact, there are many wonderful stories in this collection. However, there are many weak ones too and I really don't know what the last story was doing in this collection.
3.5 stars overall.