pickThis was a fascinating anthology. It's labeled as horror, but there was a bonkers sci-fi story by Laird Barron, a speculative Ken Liu about post-pandemic tourism that actually felt very real to me, a quiet & haunting post apocalyptic Tim Lebbon story. Then there are the horror stories: Jonathan Maberry with a brilliant twist, Owl Goingback with a pandemic story with a horror twist, Ramsey Campbell's work about an editor that will stick in my 👇
vivastory mind for awhile. I have yet to read a full Campbell book but have read several stories by him the past few months and every single one has been incredible. A themed anthology with a horror emphasis, but plenty of surprises. 1y
TrishB There‘s a big Campbell display in the book shop on campus at the moment, don‘t know if it‘s an anniversary (he‘s from Liverpool 😁). I read him a lot in the 80s. 1y
vivastory @TrishB Really?! That's awesome! Do you have any favorites that you would recommend? I read The Pretence in the tagged anthology a couple of months ago & thought it was completely brilliant. Have been a fan since![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind's Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny 1y
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Reggie Idk if you follow horror Twitter but Laird is barely coming out of being super sick. They put a pic of him up like 2 weeks ago and he looks like skin and bones. John Langan was with him a lot in the hospital. 1y
TrishB I‘ve been searching the covers but obviously they‘ve all changed since the 80s. There was a really spooky one with a cracked dolls face on it but I can‘t for the life of me remember the title. My teens are a life time ago! 1y
vivastory @Reggie I left Twitter a couple of months ago for my sanity. I did hear that Barron wasn't doing well through a booktube video. I noticed that there's a fundraiser up to help cover medical costs. 1y
