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Ghostbreakers
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Published December 11, 1986
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September 13, 2023
The last of Michel Parry's horror anthologies, and it's a briefer affair than before, a sort of spiritual successor to his previous SUPERNATURAL SOLUTION. This one's aimed at a children's (or, these days, young adult) market with a lighthearted single-page introduction. The anthology collects together six tales of psychic sleuths from late 19th and early 20th century detective literature.
Inevitably, the great Carnacki makes an appearance in the form of two stories that bookend the collection; THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER and THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE are two minor classics of the genre and very welcome by their presence. I think that the Flaxman Low stories might actually be better than Carnacki, so THE STORY OF KONNOR OLD HOUSE and THE STORY OF YAND MANOR HOUSE are most welcome, too. Lastly, we have a brief effort by Robert Eustace and L.T. Meade, THE WARDER OF THE DOOR, which is part of their MASTER OF MYSTERIES series, and a final outing for Sherlock Holmes himself in THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUSSEX VAMPIRE. None of the stories are particularly obscure for fans of the genre, but they're all decent, and as a huge lover of psychic detectives, I'm all for this one.
Inevitably, the great Carnacki makes an appearance in the form of two stories that bookend the collection; THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER and THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE are two minor classics of the genre and very welcome by their presence. I think that the Flaxman Low stories might actually be better than Carnacki, so THE STORY OF KONNOR OLD HOUSE and THE STORY OF YAND MANOR HOUSE are most welcome, too. Lastly, we have a brief effort by Robert Eustace and L.T. Meade, THE WARDER OF THE DOOR, which is part of their MASTER OF MYSTERIES series, and a final outing for Sherlock Holmes himself in THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUSSEX VAMPIRE. None of the stories are particularly obscure for fans of the genre, but they're all decent, and as a huge lover of psychic detectives, I'm all for this one.
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