Strenberry shares his story with a person passing through town. Where did they come from, and what do they mean? A jaded London reporter starts having visions of monumental statues in the heart of the city. Patson seeks psychiatric help when he becomes convinced that there are beings among us, disguised in human form, that are planning to destroy the collective soul of humanity. When the man’s rash actions cause him to leave The Other Place prematurely, he forces his way back over, with horrific results.
After a lonely man saves Sir Alaric Foden from being killed in an auto accident, the baronet gives the man an unusual gift: the ability to travel to The Other Place, an idyllic perfect alternate world. There are nine stories total, including a few that stood out to me:
Also, the stories are not at the same intensity of horror that Benighted had, not that Priestley necessarily intended them to be. The collection is pretty good, though many of the pieces play out more as vignettes than full-fledged stories. I’ve previously blogged about Priestley’s really clever and sinister “old dark house” novel Benighted, so I was curious to see what his other weird work was like. One of these is the short story collection of J.B. I’ve really been enjoying the opportunity to read some forgotten but really wonderful - and often nasty - works of weird fiction of the last century. Of course, I’ve been involved in these releases myself, writing introductions for a collection of books by John Blackburn (see here and here and here). Valancourt Books, traditionally publishers of early Gothic and Victorian era novels, has recently expanded into 20th century fiction. In the meantime, I thought I’d say a few words about a few recent Valancourt Books releases that I read on my Kindle.
Been very busy with work lately, trying to meet some deadlines before the start of the Fall semester.
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