a couple more mini-reviews from my 2007 reading

[ellen_datlow]

Midnight Premiere edited by Tom Piccirilli (CD) is the long –awaited horror/dark fantasy theme anthology about Hollywood and horror film. It’s got an entertaining mix, with strong entries by Thomas F. Monteleone, Richard Grove & Lisa Morton, Ray Garton, Tom Piccirilli, Brian Hodge, T.M. Wright, Gary A. Braunbeck, Mick Garris, Gerard Houarner, and Jack Ketchum.

The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction edited by George Mann (Solaris) has a handful of good, very dark sf stories by writers such as Simon Ings, Neal Asher, and Jeffrey Thomas.

Comments

[benpayne.livejournal.com]

I thought the Solaris SF anthology was very good. I liked the Ings and Thomas stories too, and particularly liked the Tony Ballantyne story.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was very impressed. I knew about the Ings story in advance and read it first, but didn't expect to find other stories that 'd consider dark enough for my horror half of YBFH.