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Shivers

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This twenty-two story horror collection features tales written in 2002 that first appear in this book though some have probably reappeared elsewhere. The tales run the gamut of horror from the supernatural to the psychological to the suspense and include several of the who's who of the genre like Douglas Clegg, Bentley Little, and Graham Masterson. As stated the contributions encompass much of the genre as Richard Chizmar must have provided the authors with one apparent instruction to entertain the readers, which they do as no tale is bad and with some like those of Little, Brian Freeman, and John Pelan quite good. Fans who like a wide variety of themes from ghost stories to revenge to the millennium end will want to read this enjoyably shivering compilation.

Harriet Klausner

A pretty average original horror anthology, in general, with a few good stories - Nancy Collins' Sonja Blue tale, Monteleone's old school nasty bet story and Simon Clark's short and savage take on the Hand of Glory.

Otherwise, the average here is only 3.25. There is nothing else in this book but a copyright page and a paragraph about the editor, so that is a bit on the lame side, leaving you completely unenlightened as to its origin, other than who published it.

So, this book is basically a very solid three.

Shivers : Fodder - Brian Keene and Tim Lebbon
Shivers : Ice Box - Jay Bonansinga
Shivers : The Hand of Glory - Simon Clark
Shivers : Whisper When You Drown - Tom Piccirilli
Shivers : Hermanos De El Noche - Bentley Little
Shivers : Walking with the Ghosts of Pier 13 - Brian Freeman
Shivers : 265 and Heaven - Douglas Clegg
Shivers : The Sailor Home from the Sea - John Pelan
Shivers : This Is the End; My Only Friend, The End - David B. Silva
Shivers : White-Out - Peter Crowther & Simon Conway
Shivers : The Holding Cell - Jack Ketchum
Shivers : The Wager - Thomas F. Monteleone
Shivers : Always Traveling Never Arriving - Robert Morrish
Shivers : That Extra Mile - David Niall Wilson & Brian A. Hopkins
Shivers : Bleed With Me: A Brackard's Point Story - Geoff Cooper
Shivers : The Green Face - Al Sarrantonio
Shivers : Tender Tigers - Nancy A. Collins
Shivers : Spin-Cycle - David G. Barnett
Shivers : Throwing Caution to the Wind - Kelly Laymon
Shivers : Portrait of a Sociopath - Edward Lee
Shivers : The Other Man - Ray Garton
Shivers : The Sympathy Society - Graham Masterton

War corpse carpet.

3 out of 5


Fraternal urban legend freeze.

3.5 out of 5


Broadcast appendage horror.

4 out of 5


Sigmund and the dead sea girl monsters.

2.5 out of 5


Busnapping vamps.

3.5 out of 5


Fair dead.

3 out of 5


Dead room addition.

3 out of 5


Longtime crabby mistress.

3.5 out of 5


Black nothing.

3.5 out of 5


Dead hubby penetration.

3 out of 5


Prison limbo assimilation.

3 out of 5


Coffin house shock.

4 out of 5


Freak show research feeding.

3.5 out of 5


Pill murder visions.

3 out of 5


Old pain pain.

2.5 out of 5


Just can't cut my own throat.

3 out of 5


"Ogres were not fatallay allergic to silver like vampires and werewolves, but a knife in the brain is a bad thing, no matter what species you are."

4 out of 5


Bikini butcher.

3 out of 5


Minicon.

3.5 out of 5


Byatch work.

2.5 out of 5


Soul travel mate subterfuge.

3.5 out of 5


Same death wish.

3.5 out of 5