Nightmares and Geezenstacks [Paperback]

Fredric Brown (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Books; First edition. PBO edition (1961)
• ASIN: B000MZLN54
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,631,883 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rita Mae Brown is the bestselling author of the Sister Jane novels-Outfoxed, Hotspur, Full Cry, The Hunt Ball, The Hounds and the Fury, The Tell-Tale Horse, and Hounded to Death-as well as the Sneaky Pie Brown mysteries and Rubyfruit Jungle, In Her Day, Six of One, and The Sand Castle, among many others. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A stimulating exercise of the mind, October 6, 1997

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[e-mail] (Norcross, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightmares and Geezenstacks (Mass Market Paperback)

It goes without saying that Fredric Brown is a master of the art when it comes to short stories, and if you love short short stories, the ones in this book are prime cut. The majority of these are 1 to 3 pages and nearly all have surprise endings. What amazes you most is how Brown can manage to top the story you just read, but a couple of stories later, it happens. Thought provoking to the max, his imagination seems to be completely unbound as you venture from one unbelievably profound situation to the next. How Brown manages to seize your total attention in 3 pages or less is a tribute to his craft of opening and perhaps even invading your thought process. I place this book on a pedestal of its own, a standout in the crowd. Read it, by all means, and at your own risk of becoming a deeper thinker.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantasy short stories, September 29, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Nightmares and Geezenstacks (Mass Market Paperback)

Mr. Brown demonstrates his sense of the unusual and O'Henryisk manner in this can't put it down collection of stories and thought provocing what ifs. I read this collection for the first time in 1961, and have been haunted by it ever since. A delightful read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic of Concise and Imaginative Writing, September 22, 2005

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Chris Ward (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nightmares and Geezenstacks (Mass Market Paperback)

This collection of short short stories-- many only a page or two long-- is worth tracking down. Brown's light touch and incisive instinct for the plot twist make this a can't-miss proposition. These are little bite-sized bonbons (many with acid centers) that will entertain, impress, and sometimes horrify. Brown is a master of brevity: study him to see how it's done.