9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'll Second That, Mar 2 2008
By C. G. Herbertson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Second Black Book of Horror (Paperback)
I have a story in this collection but I'm happy to admit that in all honesty mine felt like the runt of the litter.
I haven't read any horror book in a while that gripped me so much from the start. The stories seem to have an uncanny balance with each other while being very different.
Rog Pile's 'The Pit' was a special favourite, evoking something sinister and deep, with an almost indescribable overtone of pathos. I was profoundly stuck by David Sutton's 'Amygdala', which offers an image that will rest for a long and uneasy time in my head.
Having said this I have a strong feeling that I am going to immediately reread The Second Black Book of Horror and reveal that the preceding stories were not quite up to the ones I left out.
This little gem puts paid to the 'their first album was great but the second one was duff' theory.
I feel like clapping.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A REALLY FUN SERIES!, April 7 2010
By IAN BRUCE-DOUGLAS "AZLBRAX" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Second Black Book of Horror (Paperback)
I had read the first volume in this series, which was unusually good, so I bought the second with, frankly, a little trepidation since sequels rarely live up to the original. I was pleased to find that Charles Black didn't let me down. A fun read for fans of the genre.