RED GLOVES 1: DEVILRY - THE LONDON HORRORSThe first collection contains stories set in London, where deceptively ordinary events like an evening in a pub or a night on the town have terrifying consequences. Here you'll find hauntings, revenges, murders, monstrosities, redemptions, and the dark hands of the urban night reaching out to seize the unwary. And to top it off, there's a short story featuring disreputable detectives Bryant & May.RED GLOVES 2: INFERNAL - THE WORLD HORRORSThe second collections comprises stories set in exotic locations around the world. Once more, deceptively ordinary events and occasions - a holiday in the Far East or a trip to the French Riviera, for example - cause terrifying fates to unfold. Here, innocent travellers find themselves confronting accidents, tragedies, murders, nightmares and epiphanies as they wander far from home. And again, there's a short story featuring those misfits from the Peculiar Crimes Unit, detectives Bryant & May.
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Christopher Fowler was an English writer known for his Bryant & May mystery series, featuring two Golden Age-style detectives navigating modern London. Over his career, he authored fifty novels and short story collections, along with screenplays, video games, graphic novels, and audio plays. His psychological thriller Little Boy Found was published under the pseudonym L.K. Fox. Fowler's accolades include multiple British Fantasy Awards, the Last Laugh Award, the CWA Dagger in the Library, and the inaugural Green Carnation Award. He was inducted into the Detection Club in 2021. Beyond crime fiction, his works ranged from horror (Hell Train, Nyctophobia) to memoir (Paperboy, Film Freak). His column Invisible Ink explored forgotten authors, later compiled into The Book of Forgotten Authors. Fowler lived between London and Barcelona with his husband, Peter Chapman.
As much as I love and admire Christopher Fowler's work,I have to say that I was quite disappointed with the quality of the stories in this anthology. I don't think that they are indicative of his prowess as a gifted writer and storyteller. There are a few that stand out,but are still below par,sorry to say, but I have to be honest. It is hard to be critical of someone whose work I always look forward to reading,but perhaps we have been somewhat spoilt! It WON'T deter me from reading his future work though.I don't give up that easily.Bring it on Mr. Fowler :-)