Black Evening [Import] [Hardcover]

David Morrell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 308 pages
• Publisher: Feature (October 7, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0747263426
• ISBN-13: 978-0747263425
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good chance to look into the evolution of a great writer., March 2, 2000

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K. Moots (Helena, MT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Evening: Tales of Dark Suspense (Mass Market Paperback)

This collection of short stories is a great chance to get into the mindset of a wonderful writer! I first met David Morrell's writing in "First Blood", moved on to "The Brotherhood of the Rose" and have been a fan ever since. The group of stories he has put together for this book leads the reader through his early years of writing to the present. Each story is prefaced with his recollection of the how and why the story came to be. This immensely enriches the stories themselves. I had to finish this book from cover to cover in one sitting. A very intense, very scary and truely revealing, must read book!

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stories, vintage Morrell!, February 6, 2000

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Zes (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Evening: Tales of Dark Suspense (Mass Market Paperback)

I just read a few of the stories in "Black Evening" and had a lot of scary delights. David Morrell is great when it comes to suspense and thrillers and now, horror. He mixes a sense of his thrillers in with his horror stories making them much more exciting. I could even go on to compare with Stephen Kings short stories in "Skeleton Crew" Well done Mr.Morrell!

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I can't summarize this in one line..., May 31, 2000

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Edward Gordon Brown - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Evening: Tales of Dark Suspense (Mass Market Paperback)

"Black Evening" is sheer evidence of Morrell, a very talented storyteller at work. He keeps the prose going. I always said I don't entirely like the use of the first-person narrative, and going against me is the fact that most of the stories in this book are presented in that format. Well, I guess I had to agree with it. I read the whole book and enjoyed it. I managed to "ignore" the first-person narrative...to forget about it so I could simply enjoy myself with the book.

Although these stories are by and large very good...at least a head and shoulders above other anthologies of the like that I've had a chance to read, there's yet another point I want to make here, and I know, this point doesn't really encourage you, review reader to go out and get this book, I know, but I feel like I should tell you.

For those who weren't familiar, before reading this book, I should let you know now (even though Morrell will tell you this in the book himself) that in the late 80s, he suffered the tragic loss of his 15-year old son, Matthew, to bone cancer. (This story is told in David Morrell's book, Fireflies, available here.) The grief of this tragic loss is something that is present in virtually every story here. For people who don't like to be constantly hammered over the head with that theme, I guess this book isn't a good choice.

Now for why this book IS a good choice, I guess I could simply say it contains one of the best short stories I've ever read..."The Typewriter". "The Partnership", "But at my back I always hear", "The Storm", "For these and all my Sins", "Mumbo Jumbo", "Dead Image" and "Orange is for Anguish, Blue is for Insanity" It's quite a lot of stand-outs, but, yes, these are my personal picks. These are enough to make you want to buy the book, and buy the book, you should!