I cannot give more than two stars because I didn't enjoy the majority of the stories. Its another Barnes and Noble collection.more Sampson tells the story of an army encountering a magician - and the price they pay.Īs with any anthology, several stories failed to resonate with me - among them Springer's 'Snickerdoodles', Hoffman's 'Little Once', Watson's 'Stalin's Teardrops'.and my least favorite 'Kane' story, 'At First Just Ghostly'. Ligotti's 'The Lost Art of Twilight' is the story of a young man born of vampire, who eventually becomes a vampire himself after a visit from his European family.

Paul Wilson's 'Midnight Mass' is the story of a world overtaken by vampires, and one priest who decides to defend his old church.Campbell's 'The Same in Any Language' is the story of a young boy visiting a leper colony in Greece with his father and mistress - the father has a meeting I'm sure he has cause to regret. Some of the stories are horror, other science fiction, a few fantasy.į. I was expecting stories from 'Tales' first incarnation - written during its pulp years. Paul Wilson's 'Midnight Mass' is the story of a world overtaken by vampires, and one priest who decides to defend his old church.Campbell's 'The Same in Any Lan 'Best of'.is something of a misnomer, as the tales therein are not from the legendary 'Weird Tales' (1923 - 1956) - but instead hail from the magazine's fourth incarnation. Some of the stories are horror, other science fiction, a few fantasy. 'Best of'.is something of a misnomer, as the tales therein are not from the legendary 'Weird Tales' (1923 - 1956) - but instead hail from the magazine's fourth incarnation.

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