Review Tuesday: NINE HORRORS AND A DREAM by Joseph Payne Brennan

 

NINE HORRORS

AND A DREAM

by Joseph Payne Brennan

A collection of horror short stories by Joseph Payne Brennan

A friend recommended this book knowing that I am a fan of the works of HPL. Accurate!

 

This is the list of titles contained within this tome:

“Slime” (1953)  

“Levitation” (1958)

“The Calamander Chest” (1954)

“Death in Peru” (1954)

“On the Elevator” (1953)

“The Green Parrot” (1952)

“Canavan’s Back Yard” (1958)

“I’m Murdering Mr. Massington” (1958) 

“The Hunt” (1958)

“The Mail for Juniper Hill” (1958)

While all the stories are interesting, clever, and terrifying in their own ways, the one I found most interesting was the first one: SLIME. It was in many ways the same story as THE BLOB which happened to come out in 1958. I wonder if it was related in some way, or perhaps a Hollywood theft, covering it up with a clever and unrelated title. 

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The stories are mostly pretty short, well developed, and very entertaining! 

Find it in PDF format HERE

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