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Three stars, but only just. In terms of individual stories, there are two five-star bangers (Mark Valentine and N.A. Sulway) and one four-star charmer (Reggie Oliver). Taken together, they elevate the collection. Otherwise this might have been a two-star shrug.Apart from those three, the stories range from the flawed but fun (intriguing set-ups and/or interesting concepts, but weak endings) to the so-so (mildly diverting but forgettable) to the borderline unreadable (prose so bad it'll rot your
Uneven. 2.5 stars? Lots more notes here:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Worthy of thirty years of the tremendous Tartarus. Here’s to the next thirty.The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long to post here.Above is one of its observations.
A fine collection of weird tales, all well written although a few seemed lacking in substance. I personally would have have appreciated some lengthier stories.Highlights for me included 'Meiko' by J.M. Walsh, 'The Three Burdens of Nest Wynne' by Angela Slatter and the superb 'These Pale and Fragile Shells' by John Linwood Grant.
All 200 hardcover copies are signed by Rosalie Parker and Ray Russell.Contents: V - ‘Tartarus Press at 30’ by Rosalie Parker001 - ‘Grassman’ by Rebecca Lloyd020 - ‘The End of Alpha Street’ by Mark Valentine043 - ‘Hunger’ by Andrew Michael Hurley044 – ‘Tell me, whacher, is it winter?’ by N.A. Sulway058 - ‘The Flickering Light’ by Stephen Volk070 - ‘Nervous System’ by Inna Effress077 - ‘What it Says’ by Ibrahim R. Ineke088 - ‘Monsieur Machine’ by Eric Stener Carlson109 - ‘Great Dead American Autho...
A celebration of thirty years of publishing with 18 all new stories which I quite liked. If you haven't read anything from Tartarus before, this would be a good place to start to ease in to their kind of 'high-brow' style.The stories here are not as ground-breaking as some of their other books I have read such as One Morning and House of the Flight-helpers which I completely loved.
