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The Night People
Emmy Award-winner, Michael Reaves' first short story collection is a mix of science fiction and southern gothic horror. Reaves is the author of Star Darth Maul - Shadow Hunter
316 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2005
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Michael Reaves
130 books212 followersMichael Reaves is an Emmy Award-winning television writer and screenwriter whose many credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Twilight Zone, Batman: The Animated Series, and Gargoyles. His novels include the New York Times bestseller STAR WARS: Darth Maul- Shadowhunter and STAR WARS: Death Star. He and Neil Gaiman cowrote Interworld. Reaves has also written short fiction, comic books, and background dialogue for a Megadeth video. He lives in California.
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December 23, 2022
I looked up and purchased this collection because I remembered reading Werewind a good many years ago. (Looking at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, I conclude that it must have been in either Terry Carr's 1982 Fantasy Annual V or in the 1989 Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. I, since I recognize the covers from both those anthologies. )
At the time, Werewind struck me as a surprising and exciting story because it reversed one of the unexamined assumptions that I, as a relatively young reader, had at the time. Good times. Now, of course, such expectations are reversed more often than not, which reduces the surprise factor considerably. But it's still, on re-reading, a good story. So are several others in this collection, especially Shadetree, Gravespawn, and The Night People. Almost all are solidly in the horror genre, which can make reading them in one long binge somewhat monotonous. Elvis Meets Godzilla, a comparatively light story with a touch of welcome humor, is the exception to the doom-haunted tone. To get maximum enjoyment out of these stories, I suggest reading them one at a time rather than binging on the whole book at once.
At the time, Werewind struck me as a surprising and exciting story because it reversed one of the unexamined assumptions that I, as a relatively young reader, had at the time. Good times. Now, of course, such expectations are reversed more often than not, which reduces the surprise factor considerably. But it's still, on re-reading, a good story. So are several others in this collection, especially Shadetree, Gravespawn, and The Night People. Almost all are solidly in the horror genre, which can make reading them in one long binge somewhat monotonous. Elvis Meets Godzilla, a comparatively light story with a touch of welcome humor, is the exception to the doom-haunted tone. To get maximum enjoyment out of these stories, I suggest reading them one at a time rather than binging on the whole book at once.
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