Excellent mid-1980's original horror anthology edited by Dennis Etchison, one of horror's greatest short-story writers. Stand-outs include "The Monster," a rare foray into horror from Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, Forever Peace) that embeds its supernatural horror in Viet Nam. There's also a superior tale of religious angst and the common fear of getting lost in Ramsey Campbell's "The Hands." Les Daniels journeys into short fiction for a weirdly hilarious take on ghostly vengeance, "They're Com...

For the most part, very strong stories approaching the concept of horror from many different angles. At little dismayed that some of the amazon reviews I saw were apparently disappointed there wasn't actually more "cutting" in a collection titled "Cutting Edge." Probably the only story I didn't finish was - please don't shoot me - William F. Nolan's story. That one felt contrived, and forced.

No lo recomendaria

Well written stories.

Irregular colección de relatos de terror. Algunos muy buenos y algunos que pasan sin pena ni gloria.A destacar el relato de Barker:, " Almas perdidas" donde aparece por primera vez el detective de lo sobrenatural Harry D'amour. Uno de los personajes de Barker que aparece en sus novelas.El mejor relato es " La guadaña" de Robert Bloch, donde la muerte le ofrece la posibilidad a un hombre de alargar su vida si cada año le trae una victima que supla su turno.

Tried to like these stories but fell short. Guess I don’t like short stories…

Great collection of short fiction.

A collection of horror stories written in the mid eighties. My favorites:The Monster by Joe HaldemanA soldier tries to defend himself against accusations of murder, but the accusations are the least of his worries.Goodbye Dark Love by Roberta LannesThis is the kind of story that Night Gallery would have shown if it was on Cinemax. They're Coming For You by Les DanielsMr. Bliss' wife is having an affair, so he kills her and her lover. Best unexpected ending in the book.Lapses by Chelsea Quinn Yar...

I actually didn't expect much from this book. I was negatively biased by its Goodreads rating. I knew it wasn't a popular book right away too (only 18 reviews! (about to be 19 with mine)). I was surprised by the content. I certainly didn't think the stories would be that sick and twisted. They are truly terrifying. Even if some of them are not that good, the horror approach is definitely there.Now lemme list the ones that deserve a special mention:Blue Rose - A great one to begin this book. It's...

i won’t bore you with a story-by-story review because in fact every story in here is fucking awful. the clive barker piece is automatically the best of the bunch bc he can write, but it’s not even a good barker story. if you don’t tap out during the opener “blue rose” - a fucking FIFTY PAGE peter straub novella - karl edward wagner’s miserable “lacunae” is lying in wait ... a wildly but not interestingly transphobic bit of ~transgression~ that is as dull as this kind of outsider-gaze stuff usual...

3.5 stars, rounded down because I honestly didn’t retain all that much from these short stories. They span topics and perspectives, and remind horror readers that the definition of the beloved genre doesn’t always cling to monsters in the dark—but in all honesty, I wasn’t terribly impressed by a majority of these stories. Barker is one of my favorite authors, and I’ve enjoyed Straub and Bloch—Strieber has been on my list for awhile and I will be sure to revisit him after reading “Pain”, the clos...

A fairly entertaining anthology of horror! Each of the stories kept my interest, some more-so than others. My particular favorites were:“They’re Coming for You” by Les Daniels“The Hands” by Ramsey Campbell“Reaper” by Robert Bloch. “Pain” by Whitley Strieber.,

Another placeholder review until I actually get to the book proper.Read Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's "Lapses" here: a good, solid story told in a fragmented way, as a woman traveling for business suffers a hideous event with her car (a live dog thrown from the open back of a pickup onto her windshield) and then finds her mind, sense of place and identity slowly begin to fray and unravel in unnerving and nightmarish ways as she endeavors to make her way home. Nicely done.

-Aunque representativa a la hora de ofrecer trabajos y autores del subgénero, menos potente en su generalidad que volúmenes anteriores de esta serie de antologías.-Género. Relatos.Lo que nos cuenta. Con Dennis Etchinson como responsable de la selección de los trabajos (y de la introducción que mezcla crónica y ensayo), todos escritos para esta antología, 20 relatos que ofrecen distintas aproximaciones al terror y que nos contarán, entre otras cosas, lo que descubre un autor que se infiltra en e

This is a good, well-rounded anthology of (mostly) original horror stories from the mid-1980's. The book is divided into four sections: Bringing It All Back Home, They're Coming For You, Walking the Headlights, and Dying All the Time. I recommend the stories by Joe Haldeman, Karl Edward Wagner, Charles L. Grant, William F. Nolan, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, and Edward Bryant. Also, there's an interesting Peter Straub novella, Blue Rose.

What a gem!!! As with all collections they are not all great but I give it a 5 because the strong stories are very strong.

Una buena recopilación de cuentos... como siempre pasa, algunos me gustaron mucho mas que otros, pero es un libro recomendable, me gustó.

Pues no hay mucho que agregar. Relatos muy buenos la mayoría y de los mejores escritores. Solo con la condición de que te guste el género para que lo puedas disfrutar.

Some stories stronger than others, a real time capsule of decent and varied 1980s horror. I found it especially odd to read the short biography of Clive Barker, which contained no mention of Hellraiser! This was published shortly before that film arrived. Good collection though.

Thankfully picked up - and devoured - early enough in my horror writing career, this turned me towards a whole slew of writers I'd never read before and contains some terrific, challenging fiction.Virtually every story is worthy of a read but I do have some standouts:Lacunae, by Karl Edward WagnerGoodbye, Dark Love, by Roberta Lannes (still, in 2011, one of my favourite short stories ever)Vampire, by Richard Christian MathesonLost Souls, by Clive BarkerA terrific collection, a milestone of the g...