The British Fantasy Society calls A FEAST OF FRIGHTS “impressive”
Rebekah Lunt reviews A FEAST OF FRIGHTS, which features my short story, “Clawed Sod,” for the British Fantasy Society, comparing it favorably to WHAT FEARS BECOME, a volume that included my own “Bast”.
I reviewed the previous anthology from the Horror Zine (here) and thought it was a pretty impressive mix. This collection impressed me more, and for different reasons. There is still the same solid mix of horror-based writing from both up-and-coming and established writers; the same eclectic mix of prose, poetry and art; and the same coherence as a collection, but this time round there are a few extras worthy of comment.
The extras this time are:
1, in the form of a better structure – with hindsight, I prefer this collection’s structure of more discrete sections, as it allows a ‘rhythm’ or flow to build which was otherwise liable to become interrupted in the previous book due to the more (seemingly) random intermixing of the formats;
2, I think the art in this anthology is generally stronger;
3, there is an inclusion of a substantial section of author interviews and articles.
All the things I said last time are true of this collection too – particularly…
Read the rest of the review here.
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