![]() ![]() Of course when I tried to procure copies of this title for the bookstore shelves I was unable to, for whatever long-ago reason, but it went on my list of must-reads. Grant notes, among other things, ‘its elegant use of language,’ and that it ‘achieves its effects without artifice.’ He plainly states it’s the ‘best ghost story’ in novel form he’s ever read. Grant-another writer who knows a thing or two about the genre-chose Taylor’s 1977 novel Sweetheart, Sweetheart to write a short essay about. ![]() Well-known horror writers wrote about their favorite books, and the esteemed author and editor Charles L. My guide was Horror: 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman, two men who know a thing or two about the genre. The first time I heard of Bernard Taylor was around Halloween of 1994, when I was working in a large chain bookstore and trying to stock the horror section with some terror-ific titles. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written consent of the publisher, constitutes an infringement of the copyright law. Published by Valancourt Books, Richmond, VirginiaĪll rights reserved. “Paperbacks from Hell” logo designed by Timothy O’Donnell. Originally published by Souvenir Press in 1980 ![]()
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