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You Support This Site When You Buy My Books E.C. McMullen Jr. PERPETUAL BULLET "'Some People' ... may be the standout story in the book." - John Grant, Infinityplus E.C. McMullen Jr. WILLOW BLUE "'Willow Blue' will burrow under your skin and stay there long after you've put the book down." - Jeffrey Reddick, Creator of FINAL DESTINATION IN OTHER BOOKS E.C. McMullen Jr.'s short story CEDO LOOKED LIKE PEOPLE in the anthology FEAR THE REAPER "This Ray Bradbury-esque is one of the most memorable and one of the more original stories I've read in a long time." - Steve Isaak, Goodreads HORROR 201: The Silver Scream Filmmaker's Guidebook featuring RAY BRADBURY, JOHN CARPENTER, WES CRAVEN, TOM HOLLAND, E.C. McMULLEN Jr., GEORGE A. ROMERO, and many more. Extensively quoted in PHANTASM EXHUMED The Unauthorized Companion Robert S. Rhine's SATAN'S 3-RING CIRCUS OF HELL Forward by GAHAN WILSON & FEO AMANTE. Featuring comics by ALEX PARDEE, WILLIAM STOUT, STEVE BISSETTE, FRANK DIETZ, JIM SMITH, FRANK FORTE, ERIC PIGORS, MIKE SOSNOWSKI, OMAHA PEREZ, DAVID HARTMAN, STEVEN MANNION, and more! And In CINEMA E.C. McMullen Jr. Head Production Designer MINE GAMES (Starring: JOSEPH CROSS, BRIANA EVIGAN, ALEX MERAZ) Dept. head Special Effects Make-Up (SFX MUA) A SIERRA NEVADA GUNFIGHT (MICHAEL MADSEN & JOHN SAVAGE). Production Designer UNIVERSAL DEAD (DOUG JONES, D.B. SWEENEY, GARY GRAHAM) Art Director THE CRUSADER (COLIN CUNNINGHAM, GARY GRAHAM) |
AROUND A DARK CORNER is a new collection of short stories by Jeani Rector from Turner Maxwell books. Each of the nine tales (and one novella) are quite different in tone - some of them soaked with blood and gore, while others fall into a more subtle category. The best story in the collection by far is "The Golem", a retelling of the Jewish legend. Rector’s description of the monster coming to life was actually the best I have seen of this tale. Her attention to detail is remarkable and you can really tell that a lot of research went into this work. Some of the tales have banal or sudden endings, but Rector's talent lies in the smaller moments. Sometimes the details of these moments are so rich and vivid that the reader truly feels the impact. For example, in the story “The Dead Man”, Rector’s attention to the most minute details of dismembering a body seemed fresh despite the fact that we have seen this sort of thing before. There are some clunky moments in the dialogue where it feels as if the author is educating the reader rather than simply letting her characters talk, but that can be forgiven given the quality of some of these stories. 3 BookWyrms. This review copyright 2009 E.C.McMullen Jr.
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