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M Is for Monster: A Modern Bestiary of Classic Monsters
M is for Monster is a collection of tales featuring supernatural horror's most menacing monsters—one for each letter of the alphabet.
Featuring stories by:
Ambrose Beirce Algernon Blackwood Arthur Conan Doyle William Hope Hodgson M.R. James H.P. Lovecraft Arthur Machen Edgar Allan Poe Robert Louis Stevenson H.G. Wells and other masters of supernatural horror450 pages, Unknown Binding
First published August 27, 2011
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August 3, 2020
A solid collection of classic monster tales by: H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, William Hope Hodgson, and other less-known writers. Each letter of the A-Z alphabet is assigned a monster (ex. J is for Jinn, V is for Vampire, or Y is for Yeti).
As with most anthologies, I completed this one over a period of four to five months. I like being able to read story in a day, and then being able to set aside an anthology for periods of time in order to read a novel, or just to take a break from reading.
As with most anthologies, I completed this one over a period of four to five months. I like being able to read story in a day, and then being able to set aside an anthology for periods of time in order to read a novel, or just to take a break from reading.
November 11, 2020
**3.5 - this is an anthology so of course some of the stories were great but there were also several that were just hard to get through. Overall there were far more good stories than bad though - def a fun Halloween read! 💀
June 19, 2012
This is an excellent anthology of 26 short stories from the 19th and early 20th Centuries, each dealing with a specific type of monster or supernatural being, in alphabetical order by creature name. Most of the monsters herein should be familiar to modern readers, but I was continually amazed at the creativity shown in some of these yarns.
It's also a great introduction to some of the less well-known occult investigators created during the 1890s, such as Flaxman Low and Carnacki.
It's also a great introduction to some of the less well-known occult investigators created during the 1890s, such as Flaxman Low and Carnacki.
August 27, 2012
A splendid book. I did not read all of them but will later come back and read more. It is comprised of wonderful stories and I am almost through all of them. I love horror and all things supernatural so this is a go to book when I in a short story mood.
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