Thursday, August 31, 2023

Reading Rumble Round 26


From Cyberpunk to Splatterpunk, from neo-noir to novelizations, John Shirley is the one to beat in this contest.


Anvil Rock by John Shirley
Weirdbook 42, 2020, https://amzn.to/4513Qhc

Dark tale of a man using a time machine to relive the moment of his daughter's death.


The House of Evil by Charles L. Grant
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1968

A light comedy piece about satanic rites and the undead. Grant's first published work.


Dead Skin by Ron Kelly
Grue Magazine, Winter 1991

A writer and doctor visit the abandoned lab where underground genetic experiments took place decades before.


The Three-Faced One by Charles R. Saunders
Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology, 2011 https://amzn.to/3PY8nN9

Imaro defends a tribe forced to give crippling tribute to their rivals. As with most of Saunders, the moral lines end up being shifted by the end.


The Case of Herbert Thorp by Henry Kuttner
Weird Tales, November 1937

A hack horror writer's story about interdimensional ghouls comes true.


All authors stay in the ring

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