Northern Frights 3

by Tanya Huff, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Carolyn Clink, et al.

There are seventeen stories in this book. They are branded "horror" by nature of our title and cover. But it's not all fear and loathing. Many of these works are genuinely terrifying, but some darkly humorous, some intriguingly atmospheric, and one, at least, imbued with a sense of cosmological mystery. The thrills continue with seventeen more outstanding tales by Rick Hautala, Nancy Baker, Tanya Huff, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Mel D Ames, Carolyn...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889625891
• ISBN13: 9780889625891
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Mosaic Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Canadian horror to make you shiver ... and it ain't the low temperatures!

The opening story in this frightening little anthology of horror shorts is entitled "Wild Things Live Here". Perhaps, editor Don Hutchison should have included a foreword entitled "Wild, Weird and Wonderful Horror Authors Live in Canada"! "Northern Frights 3" is an all too short and completely entertaining collection of stories that beautifully covers the entire spectrum of emotions that well written horror and dark fantasy can elicit. These stories are moody, thought-provoking, frightening, darkly humorous and just plain old creepy! To my pleasure, these Canadian stories were also written in that distinct, uniquely Canadian flavour with a quiet and unerringly accurate pride of place and setting. Some of my favourites (that is to say, what I felt to be the "best" among a collection of very, very good stories) were "Wild Things Live Here", a distinctly creepy take on missing children in Vancouver's Stanley Park; "Imposter", an insider's look at vampire culture in a modern world; "The Suction Method", a laugh out loud story about cleaning even the most stubborn dirt off your carpets at home; and, "Grist for the Mills of Christmas", an exceptionally clever re-writing of the Christmas myth of St Nicholas and the tradition of gift-giving (I hope this one in particular makes you scratch your head and wonder how it could possibly qualify as a horror story!). I count myself as having been lucky to find this one at a deep discount on the remainder table of a local book store. But, now having read and so thoroughly enjoyed it, I wonder why such a fine collection of stories met with such an ignominious fate. I'm certainly going back to find copies of the first two collections that Don Hutchison put together. If they're as good as this one, they'll be well worth the effort! Paul Weiss

Thank You

I have been a long time fan of horror story anthologies and have been extremely disappointed for many years. I have finally found one to treasure and am looking forward to enjoying the other Northern Fright anthologies. I particularly enjoyed Wild Things and Snow Angel