CLASSIC HORROR TALES
Written by: Various authors
What a long book. A lot of reading and not a large pay off. Essentially it is a collection of short stories written by authors who have passed away long ago. There are some popular names Poe being perhaps the most recognizable. Bram Stoker was among them (Dracula), which was cool to read a short from him. Among other noteworthy authors was Arthur Conon Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) and H.P. Lovecraft (Shadow Over Innsmouth). There were a few good shorts in this collection, but I had to shovel a lot of bad to get to them. In my opinion, not worth the effort.
It was interesting to see some of the language people wrote in the 1800’s and some of the phrases used now lost over time. Some of the reading was difficult to do, and a dictionary was nearby because the words weren’t modern. The stories that were good were exceptional but don’t go rushing the library on my behalf. 3/10.
Perhaps the best story of the entire collection was a short called The Interlopers by Saki. I know nothing of this author, but that story was fetching. Out of all of them that one stuck with me most. The worst was The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I tried to understand it and wrap my head around it but couldn’t.
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