Final Shadows

by Charles L. Grant

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038524732X
• ISBN13: 9780385247320
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Fair Number of High Quality Short Stories in This Collection

Final Shadows is a collection of 36 stories published in 1991, all by different authors, some by big names and some by authors you've probably never heard of. Like any multiple author collection the quality of the stories within varies greatly. There are masterpieces or ones close to that, but you've also got a few which aren't much more than a waste of time. I'll start my reviews of these stories with the best ones (undoubtedly you may well disagree with my order, but that's fine, to each their own) but if you haven't been able to track down Final Shadows, at least you'll know what they are about. Magpie, Stephen Gallagher - Author recounts his school days as a fat kid and how a bully got his comeuppance. Some great plot idea stories included through the child character's imagination. If Gallagher has actually written any of these I'll definitely check them out. A Father's Dream, Chet Williams -the tale of a father who has a nightmare about his son lying dead in the street outside an unfamiliar house. When he goes on vacation to his brother in law's house he immediately recognises it as the one from his dream. Instead of dragging his family away and looking stupid he decides to just take precautions such as not letting his son play at the front of the house. Together, David S Garnett - Adam's unemployed wife is becoming more and more lazy, and less interested in him. She never leaves the house, which they can ill afford now with just one income. Adam soon becomes suspicious that she is having an affair. I'll See You on Saturday Night, Gun N Smith follows Jerry an ugly small town mechanic who is infatuated with the beautiful Isabel. When he buys some sunglasses from her she mentions she is going to a dance on Saturday night. She tells him I'll See You on Saturday Night and Jerry of course tells everyone he has a date with her. Beijing Craps by Graham Masterton follows a compulsive gambler of over 20 years who last saw his son when the child was 3, never having left Vegas casino floors since. He's won a lot of money but there's a new game in town where you bet to take years of your life or lose them if you do. Samhain, Bernard Taylor - Doris has been keeping herself looking all right by jogging. She is disappointed by her husband Arthur's increasingly flabby body, days spent in front of the TV and well basically his existence. Doris delves into ancient witchcraft to get rid of him once and for all on Halloween (or its proper name Samhain). The Stone Face, Colin Greenland - Neil and Gwen take a much needed holiday in a seaside small town bed and breakfast. Gwen isn't much fun and doesn't want to do anything. When Neil picks up a stone he can make out a face in it, the holiday suddenly gets a lot more exciting. Fastening, Julie R. Good - A woman stops to help an old lady whose car has broken down on the side of the road. Stopping is only the start of her nightmare. That's it for the best but the next couple are also wor

Angry White Kirkus In Black Turtle Neck

Another angry reviewer slumming at Kirkus collecting rejection slips from the small circulation little magazines while booking guests at MSNBC as a day job. Nice capsule summation of western literature though. Molder in obscurity no-name. Or at the 100th annual proceedings of the Modern Language Association, whichever comes first...