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     John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 |
Published in Year's Best Horror X (DAW Books) edited by Karl Edward Wagner and Ghosts and Grisly Things (Pumpkin Books) Sometimes one does not so much enjoy a tale by Mr Campbell as endure it. I don't mean this in a bad way, rather that I have come to realise that Mr Campbell's tales of slowly developing madness, of which he is quite possibly the finest writer I have ever come across, and of which this is one, are probably best sampled in the anthology format. Too many of them in one go (well, two to be honest) and you are likely to be sent reeling down the rubbery corridors of insanity never to return. Here we have Hugh Pears, wife of Nurse Chris and father of two, who also happens to be slowly going completely mental. Are his hallucinations and, most disturbingly, his feelings towards his ten year old daughter the fault of drugs his wife may have pinched from the hospital, some ghastly experiment by the chemist who lives next door, or just good old insanity rearing its shiny grinning head? There's an explanation at the end that feels a bit tacked on but this still gets full marks as the YBH X opener, not least because it features in "Fritz" one of the bestest, ugliest, scariest dolls I've read about in a long time who also gets to have a splendidly horrible, deliciously described end. So that's what I'm thinking of. Anyone who wants to see how we do it on the vault can follow the thread below: http://vaultofevil.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=davispagewagner&action=display& thread=862#ixzz1W1XTyXSa | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 |
I assume you're suggesting that we use this section of the board to post our own readers' reviews of Ramsey's various publications? (and, indeed, other people's publications too, if folks want and if Ramsey's happy with that?) I reckon that's an excellent idea. Anyone else fancy that? | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 |
I for one would prefer it if people used this space solely to discuss Ramsey's work. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 |
Agreed, Hubert. And I've realised I've responded on the wrong thread anyway. So please, folks, add my "yes" to the idea of Ramsey-related reviews to everyone else's positive responses on the other thread. |