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"Randalls Round" pretty deliberate and straightforward--about what you'd expect now that film has made folk horror a genre. It's a shame one can't go back in time and experience the creation of a genre in chronological order. Still, effective.
— Dec 24, 2025 08:29AM
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Lee Foust
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"The Cure" a bit of a redux of the title story, but I think much better handled. For the first time in the collection we have a first person narrator and both this character and the fellow he's entrusted to "cure" are both convincing and, I thought, brought the thing home much better than in "Randall's Round." A great tale! Seems like they're getting better as the collection advances. Perfect tales for the solstice!
— 13 hours, 11 min ago
Lee Foust
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"The Room." Ah, this is my favorite so far. A nice Victorian-ish melding of Christian catabasis (a journey to hell to confront one's morality via God's judgement) and the "spending a night in a haunted house/room" trope. Philosophical yet quite simple. Still, a new take on the old tropes I much appreciated.
— Dec 28, 2025 09:03AM
Lee Foust
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"Celui-la" Again: quality, serviceable prose, not quite the "lost classic" it's touted to be--but I'm enjoying the tales so far.
— Dec 26, 2025 05:30AM
Lee Foust
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"The 12 Apostles" Nice one! A haunted house, a treasure hunt, a Renaissance alchemist, and lost of mysterious slime...very creepy. No Lovecraftian language but a practical straightforward approach.
— Dec 25, 2025 05:12AM
