Spectres and Darkness [Paperback]

Joseph M. Nassise (Author), Drew Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2002

Stoker Award nominee, Barclay Books novelists Joe Nassise ("River Watch") and Drew Williams ('Night Terrors") have joined forces to bring their fans an intense new anthology of creeping horror and crawling suspense.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Drew Williams is serious about scaring his readers... -- ---Cemetery Dance

Joe Nassise delivers action and frights galore! -- Tim Lebbon

Product Details

• Paperback: 270 pages
• Publisher: Medium Rare Books (March 30, 2002)
• ISBN-10: 0971116237
• ISBN-13: 978-0971116238
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,272,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joseph Nassise is the author of more than a dozen novels, including the internationally bestselling Templar Chronicles series (THE HERETIC, A SCREAM OF ANGELS, A TEAR IN THE SKY, and INFERNAL GAMES.) He has also written several installments in the Rogue Angel action adventure series from Harlequin/Gold Eagle.

He's a former president of the Horror Writers Association, the world's largest organization of professional horror writers, and a two-time Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award nominee..

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Joe currently lives with his wife and children in Phoenix, Arizona.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Drew Williams is a Master of his Craft!, March 9, 2005

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S. Sommerville "Author of A Russian Prostitut... (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spectres and Darkness (Paperback)

While the Joe Nassise stories ranged from so-so to great, every single story from Drew Williams was a winner.

Williams displays an impressive variety of terror in this collection of short stories. Stories about two-headed chickens, a drive-in movie theatre that just won't die, a freaky video store, the end of the world, a freelance writer who...whoops, well I don't wanna spoil that one, succubi, and more!

His style is perfect, he has the gift of being a natural storyteller coupled with the insights and knowledge of the genre, which puts him in the tier of the elite. Always a pleasure to read his work!

Joe Nassise came up with a few hum-dingers as well, like the awsome "CARRION MAN," but I found the dialouge in some of his pieces to be a bit corny, and some of the stories a bit contrived. Still, worth reading.

Overall, I highly reccomend that all horror fans check out Drew Williams' work. I have not met one person familiar with his work who has not spoken as highly of it as I am now.

Semi-complaint: There were more than several typos throughout (mostly in Nassise's stories)which doesn't usually bother me, but when it is a rather short book, I expect better editing than this. But that is nit-picking. This is a keeper.