For anyone who feels a little intimidated and not sure where to begin in their horror literature education – this is an excellent place to start. This reader is a collection of nineteen tales that were referenced in Gonzalez’s essays on classic horror. They have simultaniously published The Shadows in the Attic Reader: Foundational Classic Horror edited by Jacob Haddon. Shadows in the Attic contains an alphabetical author index of every author and their work referenced by Gonzalez, which I will be using as a checklist for my ever-growing TBR, but Apokrupha Books has gone and done one better. Shadows in the Attic taught me that we not only lost an amazing human being, we lost a true historian of the genre. I only know him through his writing, but I know that he meant a great deal to many people – especially to his family and friends. I’m not fortunate enough to have ever had the pleasure of meeting J.F. This should be considered a text book and an absolute must-read for any fan of horror fiction. Apokrupha Books has done a beautiful job with this collection, laying it out in a sensical and easy-to-read format.
While I can say there were a lot of names that I recognized, though not necessarily read, for every name I did know there were ten that were brand new to me. There is also a comprehensive essay on the splatterpunks and extreme horror writers. Gonzalez on the history of horror from ancient times up through the mid-1950’s. Shadows in the Attic collects essays written by J.F. I knew my fictional horror education was a little lacking, but I didn’t realize by how much until I finished this collection. Book.I just finished reading Shadows in the Attic and I need to sit down a minute. Klein Lord of the Land by Gene Wolfe The Faces at Pine Dunes by Ramsey Campbell On the Slab by Harlan Ellison and 24 Views of Mr Fuji by Hokusai by Roger Zelazny. Friesner I Had Vacantly Crumpled It into My Pocket but by God Eliot It Was a Photograph from Life by Joanna Russ Black Man with a Horn by T. Paul Wilson Love's Eldritch Ichor by Esther M. by Gahan Wilson The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti Shaft Number 247 by Basil Copper The Unthinkable by Bruce Sterling The Adder by Fred Chappell Fat Face by Michael Shea Pickman's Modem by Lawrence Watt-Evans The Barrens by F. Brite The Big Fish by Kim Newman The Shadow on the Doorstep by James P. This anthology contains: His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z.
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