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The end of my experience with this series and its attempts to marry horror and literature (I know, I know - a topic for another time). Overall, a very mixed bag: far too many esoteric tales, and too many which take a turn in the final pages throwing off the reading experience; a lot of second-person narratives, completely distancing reader immersion, and some stories skirting horror so lightly their inclusion raises an eyebrow. Nonetheless, a small handful of writers whose other works I have sou...
Thoroughly enjoyable slice of weird with some standout stories.
Tales from the Shadow Booth is one of those rare anthologies that has an incredible mix of genres united in that they are all dark and creepy but all equally enjoyable to read. It comes as no surprise to me that a lot of the stories of previous volumes have ended up in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year collection. These are stories that are rich in atmosphere and cold dread, some take a while to build whilst others are dark from the opening line. I really enjoyed all these stories the quali...
My notes for 'Hardrada' by Ashley Stokes just say 'oh wow, this story!'. So I would like to reiterate: oh wow, this story. There is nothing else like it in the book and it stands out a mile. This isn't exactly because of the concept – it plays out like a lost folk horror film from the 1970s. It's the writing, the description, the intensely evocative names, the first-person-plural narration, the sly dialogue. I'm in awe of everything about it. I'm tempted to quote the final lines here because the...
Tales from the Shadow Booth Vol 4 is an anthology of stories that are in many styles; from horror, to steampunk, from fantastic to modern, from yesterday, to tomorrow, from the today we know to a today that is from another dimension. This book can easily satisfy all the needs of any avid reader who wants to fall into another world, another rabbit hole, another dimension and hope to get out of it alive. It all starts with the reading of the introduction text, Enter The Shadow Booth, by Dan Coxon....
