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I enjoyed all the stories bar one but a favourite is Impresario by Maria Masington such a poignant story that resonated with me totally followed closely by L.L.Soares' Sometimes the Good Witch Sings to Me which was a wonderful portrait of a killer with a fabulous delusion. All in all a great collection.
While a few of the stories were okay, most of them were un memorable. Too much focus on shock and gore. Not enough on suspense and psychological horror, which is my preference.
Writing a review for an anthology is quite different than writing a review for a novel or individual story. An anthology is like a great gumbo: you know the whole meal is going to be delicious but you keep stumbling upon new and different taste sensations that surprise and delight. Someone Wicked, a Written Remains anthology, edited by Weldon Burge and JM Reinbold and released by Smart Rhino Publications should be on everyone's reading menu! Speaking of taste, as I write this, I am fighting an i...
I consider myself more of a fan of novels then short stories but recently I read a great anthology called Someone Wicked which was edited by Weldon Burge and JM Reinbold and available from Smart Rhino Publications. This book is a collection of 21 tales by the Written Remains Writers Guild that cover such genres as horror, comedy, fantasy and mystery. This is one impressive anthology, every story here is well written and each story is different from the last.One good story in Someone Wicked is Re...
What a treat this book was. Although there is a theme to this one (someone wicked in case the title wasn't obvious), the stories span a few different genres. There is a strong lean towards horror, but that's not all. There are thrillers, fantasy, historical horror and even something that I can only describe as bizarre. The stories are all very engaging and front to back this one should appeal to most. Three of the stories in here really stuck out to me above the rest, Christine Morgan's Sven Blo...
I am turning into a huge fan of Smart Rhino and Weldon Burge. SO far I have read the two Zippered Flesh books and Uncommon Assassins and I have to say that he knows how to put a book together. This time around with Someone Wicked, he had the help of fellow contributor, JM Reinbold, who also wrote one of my top five favorite stories in here called Missing (more on that later). This collection is a bit different from the others though as it sways a little more, not just sticking to a mainly horror...
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This is a perfect example of a top notch collection of mostly spectacular stories from a wide array of authors.There was only one story in the entire collection I did not like but I didn't allow that to diminish my overall positive feeling for the book as a whole.Some of my own personal standouts:Reckonings by Gail Husch - A fantastic tale of evil people being repaid for their little acts of disrespect. How many of us wish we could act like this in our real lives? I know I do...Missing by Jim Re...
Guess it's not exactly earth-shattering to say I really liked an anthology I appeared in... nevertheless, J.M. and Weldon did an excellent job with SOMEONE WICKED, and I'm proud to be a part of it.As with all Smart Rhino anthologies, SOMEONE WICKED is a deliciously eclectic mix of genres and styles. This, in my opinion, is the key to a great collection - the diversity of stories offers something to satisfy everyone's tastes, compiled in such a way as to draw you in to selections you might not ha...
I never get tired of seeing unique anthology ideas, especially when the completed product is chocked full of talented authors. Such is the case with Smart Rhino Publications’ somewhat recent release, SOMEONE WICKED. I have to openly apologize to Weldon Burge at Smart Rhino for taking so long to review this; he sent it to me back in December, but it somehow ducked out of sight after I moved at the end of that same month. But the wait was well worth it; this anthology is a real treat, and every ho...
I've just finished this delightfully twisted anthology. This is my first exposure to the Written Remains Writers Guild, but certainly will not be my last. The stories in this collection all revolve around the theme of characters that commit wicked acts of some sort. It's not a horror anthology by any means, although there are elements of horror in many of these stories, as well as suspense, and even a great deal of humor. The writing styles and story themes are very diverse from one story to the...
Great anthology of stories around the theme "someone wicked". I liked how in some stories the main character had an incident with someone wicked, but in most stories the main character either was the wicked person from the start or ended up becoming wicked. "The Plotnik curse", "Missing" and "Despair" were my favourites.
The cover, alone, draws the reader in, as they stare at a slightly familiar figure offering up an apple to anyone who wishes to sink their teeth into this ‘Wicked’ world. A fun compilation, each story provides someone wicked at its core. Whether they be rich or poor, sick or healthy, good or bad, all twisted personalities are welcome. Delving just a bit between the pages, here are three juicy tales that readers can not miss: The Chances, wraps around Margot, who hasn’t been on a shopping trip to...
