The Complete Short Fiction of Charles L. Grant Volume 2: The Orchard (Necon Classic Horror Book 22)

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Member feedback about List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels: I've always been curious as to why Grant dropped the "L. You can't see it on the cover for this edition of the book, but on the print edition you can see that he's just "Charles Grant" there. I noticed this on Robert R. McCammon's I Travel by Night, as well, and wonder what drives that sort of thing. Too much of a mouthful? Or are the authors trying to separate their careers using the slightly different names?

With The Black Carousel, Grant wasn't deviating from anything he had done previously; if anything, he returned to familiar ground. By the time this collection was originally published, Grant hadn't written anything about Oxrun Station for six years, and not only did he return to his familiar town, but he also wrote a book comprised of four novellas, like he did with Nightmare Seasons, The Orchard, and Dialing the Wind. And yet he still left out that "L.

Anyway, this is another re-read for me, and I was looking forward to this one because I remembered liking this one a lot, even though I didn't recall many details about any of the stories. I remembered the feeling I had while reading it, and even recommended the book to some others folks I knew who were into horror. Plus, the theme of the dark carnival is reminiscent of Ray Bradbury and Something Wicked This Way Comes, so the collection had a lot to live up to just by association. The main character wasn't completely sympathetic due to his being a little pathetic, but still, he wasn't someone you wanted to see done wrong.

Once things started going down a dark road, though, I could feel the mood of the story change. That's another one of Grant's skills, though -- how he can change how you feel about a story with a short turn of phrase. The second story, "Will You Be Mine? Grant was an expert at creating genuinely creepy moments, like the one from this story that actually made me shudder. He didn't use shock or graphic violence to convey that feeling; he just knew how to create the atmosphere and characters and set the scene to elicit the right response.

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It hit a little too close to home for me, for various reasons, which made it even more disturbing, which in turn made the story successful, but I'm not sure it would resonate with other readers with different life experiences. Regardless, it was an effective story for me. It's also a story about a man dealing with the onset of Alzheimer's, so it's hard to say whether the ghosts are real in the sense of the story or just old memories.

That question alone makes this story unnerving, which is just the right mood for it, ghosts or otherwise. I continue to get frustrated with these e-books, too, since little care was put into proofreading them. It's clear that these were created by scanning in a printed book, since there are a lot of OCR errors scattered about the book: Plus, paragraphs are created at the wrong place, or aren't indented properly.

When I pay money for a file, I expect that file to be accurate, you know?

The errors just take me out of the story. Regardless, this is the best Grant book I've read thus far. I'm glad to see that my memories of this book hold up some twenty years later. I can see how Grant's skills developed over time, and how his style developed into something smoother and more accessible, and I'm happy to say that I would still recommend this book to someone looking for "good horror".

Mar 31, Leah rated it did not like it Shelves: I picked this up in the library based on a whim and the cover.

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I never do that, and I'm not sure I can make a habit of it. I didn't know that it's apparently part of a series. I hate starting anywhere but the beginning of a series. Beyond that though, it was a really disjointed read. I'm not even sure what I did just read. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't understand it and I kind of finished it out of obligation. Dec 22, Howard Cruz rated it did not like it. The cover of the book draws in the mind. The description of the contents on the tab paint an amusing picture with possibilities but the book did not manage to grip me or hold my attention.

I tried, I honestly did. Just not the book for me. Sep 12, Seth Frizzell rated it did not like it. Not really a good story, and after awhile had no relation to the black carousel. Jul 27, Dean rated it it was amazing.

Quiet horror at its finest. Adrienne Lee rated it really liked it Jan 08, Jamie Rosen rated it really liked it Aug 29, James Adams rated it really liked it Dec 24, Audra rated it really liked it Jul 31, Marie-Therese rated it liked it Nov 16, Nolly Sepulveda rated it liked it Aug 20, Ryan Lieske rated it it was ok Jul 26, Patrick Sanders rated it it was amazing Sep 15, Steve French rated it really liked it Mar 13, Parched Hoeffgen rated it it was amazing Dec 07, John rated it really liked it Jan 17, Ctgt rated it really liked it Nov 04, Jordan West rated it really liked it Jun 19, Ryan rated it it was ok Jun 12,

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