This is something that Joe has clearly understood here. Reminiscent in tone of Bradbury and Serling, and another famous author more contemporary, this is a collection marinated in genre and societal references the societal references help create that feeling of normality in stories that are anything but the genre references, which though not necessarily important to get to enjoy the stories, add another dimension to their narrative.įritz Leiber once pointed out that the scary things are not always gothic castles and ghostly spectres, but the unusual things that are part of our normal everyday world. This was a very strong tale – filmic, for reasons that are best left until you’ve read the story, and references that a fan will get. Nevertheless, the editor sets off to find the mysterious writer, Peter Kilrue, and the story ends with something not expected. The problem is that the story, ‘Buttonboy’, is so horrific that many are sickened by it. The book starts strongly with ‘Best New Horror’, which deals with the premise of Eddie Carroll, a jaded horror story editor who is sent a story so memorable that it jolts him out of his malaise. The fourteen stories included vary in scope, size and length. In fact, days after reading I still remember vividly parts of its contents.
Though this is a relatively short collection of stories, the strength of the tales inside it is such that they will leave the reader with flashbacks and images for days afterwards. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, Best Fiction Collection 2005. Winner of the British Fantasy Award 2006 for Best Novel
Winner of the British Fantasy Award 2006 for Best Short Story (‘ Best New Horror’)
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