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Short stories
Anthologies are always hard to review because, by nature, the stories are varied. Why read this book? There is the delicious Poe-esque story "Of Course You Know that Chocolate is a Vegetable" by Barbara D'Amato. A must-read for chocolate lovers and a wonderful example of the deserved revenge genre. "Spooked" by Carolyn Hart reads almost like a coming of age story. The others did not seem memorable to me, but with stories, they aren't always memorable until you find yourself thinking of them much...
An older anthology of crime shorts, collected from ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE (?), these will tickle, fool, and sometimes bore a reader. It's probably hard to obtain, but I believe reading the stories are worth one's time on long dark nights. Now that the covid-19 crisis has most of us stuck at home (unless you're homeless), a book like this is gold. Nobody will love all of them, but if I'm any measure, three are so good I was thrilled at the cleverness. Four stars may appear generous for