Postscripts to Darkness 4

by Sean Moreland (Editor), Aalya Ahmad (Editor), Ranylt Richildis (Editor)

Between these very covers you will find a Pandorama of glacial visitations, funereal ludics, deific multiplicities, malodorous mysteries, prescient agnosias, cygnetophobic municipalities, untoward psychotrichoses, unfortunate infantophagias, ambiguous gargantua, and many magnificent maternal monstrosities besides!

Genres: Fantasy, Horror

118 pages, Paperback

First published October 8, 2013

Reviews

[Ephiny Gale]

The presentation of the e-version I read is lovely (cover, layout, illustrations) and I'm looking forward to receiving my hard copy of Postscripts to Darkness 4 in the mail.

I was surprised by the breadth of tone and styles in this collection. Personally, I prefer stories intended to disturb rather than to scare, and stories which mix beauty in with their darkness. I particularly enjoyed Cracks by Laura DeHaan and Tapestry by Lydia Peever. Both stories have wonderful concepts and left me very satisfied.

Other notes:
- The theatre maker inside me was pleased by the wonder and showmanship in Opening Night by Albert Choi.
- Although Pushers is not hugely my cup of tea, content-wise, I found Sean Logan's writing style to be unusual, very readable and moreish.
- I like Forgive Me by Jonathan S. Pembroke more every time I read it. A fantastic piece of flash.

[Frances · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid anthology made remarkable by the wrenching of Laura DeHaan's "Cracks", the dark fantastic of Kate Heartfield's "Six Aspects of Cath Baduma", and the unremitting chill of Tony Burgess's "Soft Shell Story".