The Crow: A Murder of Crows

The Crow Novels #3-5

by David Bischoff, Poppy Z. Brite, Chet Williamson

Contains: Quoth the Crow, The Lazarus Heart, and Clash By Night

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Fiction

679 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

aka Mark Grant (with Bruce King), Brad Quentin (with Terry Bisson)

Born in Washington D.C. and now living in Eugene, Oregon, David Bischoff writes science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television. Though he has been writing since the early 1970s, and has had over 80 books published, David is best known for novelizations of popular movies and TV series including the Aliens, Gremlins, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and WarGames.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Third story is fantastic. One star deduction because Poppy Z Brite's story (story #2) was just that bad.

[A. E. S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Crow: Quoth the Crow: Awesome Poe tribute, great characters and solid plot. I really loved this one's Victorian scenery. It worked out perfectly that it involved an avenging angel writer.

The Crow: The Lazarus Heart. I loved this one! I felt SO sympathetic for the avenging angel this time, a gay photographer who is framed for murdering his lover in the prejudicial, backwards south. I like how the lover's transgender sister also plays an important role. I really felt like I could get to know either person. The person doing the killings was repulsive, not to mention completely insane.