The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural
by Bill Pronzini
Taste attributes: horrormysteryfantasyslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryemotive & stirringtroubled leadssolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeA fantastical, dark horror novel: fresh and weighty. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Contains: Hop frog / Edgar Allan Poe -- Rappaccini's Daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Squire Toby's will / J. Sheridan Le Fanu -- The squaw / Bram Stoker -- The jolly corner / Henry James -- "Man overboard!" / Winston Churchill -- The hand / Theodore Dreiser -- The valley of the spiders / H.G. Wells -- The middle toe of the right foot / Ambrose Bierce -- Pickman's model / H.P.
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- Author
- Bill Pronzini
- Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 599
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- Source
- Open Library
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