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Duffy is darn close to being the Ted Chiang of horror, each story an impeccably constructed, crystalline exposition of some deceptively simple but far-reaching idea. The horror genre being what it is--viz., a highly personal affair with tons of variation in the way different things land for different people--not everything here worked equally well for me, but for a blend of classical scary-story craft and vanguard-y weird fiction ideas you can't do much better.
A thoroughly engrossing collection of weird fiction that uses English masters like James and Campbell as jumping-off points but which relies on Steve Duffy's own imagination and command of the language to achieve its effect. From mysterious byways in London at the end of the Thatcher era to the snowbound hills of Wales, Duffy evokes a subtle, understated terror that's all the more powerful for what it keeps hidden.
Steve Duffy's latest collection is The Moment of Panic, a PS Publishing edition with stunning cover art by Kai Otstak. The stories range over various geographic locations and an eclectic assembly of characters. Yet the author maintains sharp focus with what he calls, in Weird Fiction Review, "a fondness for weirdness that takes place in demonstrably real surroundings."Given a choice between a whimsical setting and verisimilitude, Duffy chooses the latter and then advances the strange element of
