Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Terry Dowling
Class/Genre: Fiction Horror [Short Stories]
Cemetery Dance, Dec 2005, $40.00, 320 pp.
This eighteen short story collection lives up to its subtitle as each contribution leaves readers fearing the dark. The tales range from psychological suspense starring an individual who is dreading the worst is about to occur or worse not even aware of danger until it arrives as Mr. Rodan does with tea on The Bone Ship, the kind of horror that feels scary when the lights fail to shine through the blackness of bumps in the night. The horror stories contain a wide spectrum from ghosts (my personal favorite is “The Daemon Street Ghost-Trap) to The Gully where once you enter you can never leave. Fans who appreciate a strong compilation and do not mind leaving the lights on all night will enjoy this wonderful anthology in which Death is just another passenger riding with readers on Scaring the Train.
Harriet Klausner
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