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This is an interesting and unusual enterprise: a limited edition self-published collection of stories in the style of Robert Aickman by a number of well-established authors, including Jenn Ashworth and Alison Moore. An introduction by Alison Flood discusses the ins and outs of the new self-publishing: does the lack of traditional gatekeepers make for endless torrents of rubbish or does it provide a stimulus to be more experimental and creative? Poor Souls' Light is certainly a quality product wi...
Curious Tales is an author collective, specialising in the supernatural, the uncanny, and stories 'that use landscape in interesting ways', which came to my attention at the end of last year. Some of the authors I've never heard of before; others - such as Jenn Ashworth, who's published three novels (all of which I've read), and Alison Moore, whose The Lighthouse was shortlisted for the Booker Prize - are quite well known. Poor Souls' Light is their second collection of Christmas ghost stori...
This privately published collection of short stories is a limited edition of 500 and is dedicated to the memory of Robert Aickman, a writer of "strange tales". I have to say I was not aware of his work before coming across this book, but I may investigate further on the strength of the stories told here.Seven Curious Tales they are described as. Seven tales of the strange and supernatural by seven different authors, some of which worked and some of which didn't, in my opinion.Jenn Ashworth's Din...
