Roughly half of Ito's collection consists of his take on Shelley's novel. Ito touches upon the larger themes of the novel & is largely faithful to the source material. He emphasizes the horror elements of the story without sacrificing the sympathy that the reader has for The Creature. By far my favorite works in this collection are a series of linked tales about a dilapidated mansion where a student unknowingly stumbles across a doorway to (CONT)