Can't really beat that tasty tagline can you? I've never read
Pranks (Leisure 1993) but it's one of those books that I seem to find in all the used bookstores I haunt. I can't bring myself to purchase it, not with one of the most uselessly ludicrous covers ever. But I had to share it, and you can thank me later. Cinema Somnambulist reviewed it awhile back, see what he says
here.
Unrelated note - or maybe it is related, as I'm featuring a cover for a book I neither own nor have read - I'm reading a couple horror short story collections this week, almost finished one, and should have a review up soon. I'll give you a few story-title hints: "Buckets," "Soft," "Cuts"... Stick with me now!
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Yikes. I'm not even sure what the hell I'm at looking at here. Is it a teensy axe in a child/pumpkin head doorknob? Jesus...
There was a short story penned by Bloch called "Pranks" in an anthology called HALLOWEEN HORRORS edited by Alan Ryan. It gave me a little shiver the first time I read it, and it's undoubtedly leagues better than this.
Hmm, didn't F. Paul Wilson have a collection called SOFT AND OTHERS? I've been digging up a LOT of titles for my list of books of interest...
Ooh, the GF just snagged a copy of HALLOWEEN HORRORS! Will have to borrow....
Oooo, I really like that cover. I may have to track down this book. If nothing else it will look cool on my bookshelf. I also now want a copy of Halloween Horrors! Why is everytime I come on this site I end up buying something I never planning on from Amazon?
I know the collection you are talking about and hope you like it. I enjoyed most of the tales in that collection. "Cuts" most of all, if that was the voodoo one. Or maybe I liked "Buckets" the best. I can't remember. They were both really good. He is one of my favorite authors.
Matheson Jr, yes?
F. Paul Wilson. Personally, "Faces" is my favorite of his short stories...
I found this site yesterday, and I'm obsessed. Of all the books I noted after I jumped down the rabbit hole, though, Pranks is the priority purchase. It looks like a horrible read I'll enjoy very much.
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