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A Taste for the Macabre
From World War 2, through the 1970s and '80s, to the present day, maniacs, murderers, rapists, and sadists perpetrate horrific crimes. Young or old, male or female, the disciples of evil come in many guises; you can meet some of them in A Taste for the Macabre.
The collectors whose rivalry gets out of hand.
The doctor who takes great pleasure in his work.
The horror fan who finds life imitating art.
The disciplinarian who believes in the severest forms of chastisement.
Quite frankly, you wouldn't want to encounter them anywhere else.
A Taste for the Macabre contains ten contes cruel.
The collectors whose rivalry gets out of hand.
The doctor who takes great pleasure in his work.
The horror fan who finds life imitating art.
The disciplinarian who believes in the severest forms of chastisement.
Quite frankly, you wouldn't want to encounter them anywhere else.
A Taste for the Macabre contains ten contes cruel.
132 pages, Paperback
Published February 15, 2018
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Charles Black
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April 16, 2023
Do yourself a favor and get yourself a copy of this great little book. It’s a treat. If you like short stories that get in and get out, this is the book for you. Charles Black delivers some nasty little horror-thrillers here.
Each tale in A Taste for the Macabre falls under the category of the “conte cruel,” i.e., a short non-supernatural horror story with a “nasty climactic twist.” Today I learned. Think Alfred Hitchcock Presents or Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected.
Until now Charles Black’s name was known only to me as the editor of the awesome Black Books of Horror anthology series. I don’t think I’d read any of his own stories. To say the least, I’m not disappointed and I’m gleefully looking forward to the rest of his stuff.
If you like bite-sized entertainments of the macabre variety, you can’t go wrong with this one. Sometimes the stories get a little grim macabre instead of fun and grim macabre, but the stories are so short it doesn’t matter.
Definitely recommended, especially for fans of anthology stories and tv shows with twist (and twisted) endings. And, strangers, please recommend me anything else like this—I’m always on the lookout for well-crafted short shorts.
Each tale in A Taste for the Macabre falls under the category of the “conte cruel,” i.e., a short non-supernatural horror story with a “nasty climactic twist.” Today I learned. Think Alfred Hitchcock Presents or Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected.
Until now Charles Black’s name was known only to me as the editor of the awesome Black Books of Horror anthology series. I don’t think I’d read any of his own stories. To say the least, I’m not disappointed and I’m gleefully looking forward to the rest of his stuff.
If you like bite-sized entertainments of the macabre variety, you can’t go wrong with this one. Sometimes the stories get a little grim macabre instead of fun and grim macabre, but the stories are so short it doesn’t matter.
Definitely recommended, especially for fans of anthology stories and tv shows with twist (and twisted) endings. And, strangers, please recommend me anything else like this—I’m always on the lookout for well-crafted short shorts.
June 9, 2022
This one was an okay read, nothing special about it.
The place I got it from did not say it was only 132 pages and pocket size.
If they had I wouldn’t have bought it.
You can read it in 1 go because it’s so small.
The book itself exists out of 10 short horror stories some better than the other.
Each story is about +-10 pages long and it feels a lot like reading into an urban legends book.
It’s a fun read for when you have nothing else to do.
But I wouldn't re-read it.
The place I got it from did not say it was only 132 pages and pocket size.
If they had I wouldn’t have bought it.
You can read it in 1 go because it’s so small.
The book itself exists out of 10 short horror stories some better than the other.
Each story is about +-10 pages long and it feels a lot like reading into an urban legends book.
It’s a fun read for when you have nothing else to do.
But I wouldn't re-read it.
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