I recently finished reading a short story collection by Ray Bradbury called The October Country. While I have read many of his science fiction short stories, such as those collected in The Martian Chronicles, I have never read any of his horror stories before.
While many of the stories in this collection date back to the 1940's and 1950's, most of them have aged very well. Some of them are very creepy in content; others are deliciously atmospherically creepy.
Two of the stories feature Uncle Einar, a great character, a winged man who loves to fly and is very kind to children.
One of the stories, called "The Small Assassin" really freaked me out.
Many of the stories read like they would have been perfect episodes of The Twlight Zone.
The Stories: The Dwarf The Next in Line The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse Skeleton The Jar The Lake The Emissary Touched with Fire The Small Assassin The Crowd Jack-in-the-Box The Scythe Uncle Einar The Wind The Man Upstairs There was an Old Woman The Cistern Homecoming The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
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Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i>
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