There are several short stories in this book. the style and the remarkable flavor of the writing is a constant thoughout even though there are variations in what the author is writing about. my personal favorite from all of them is the winged things, a surreal and bleak apocalyptic tale with a really unusual ending. i read through all of these and now i find it hard to choose, the insomniacs might be a close second. it is suspenseful and chilly at the same time. there is a constant, written into the formula of the stories, that explores that fear of some unknown frightening variable. its like the writer understands that explaining exactly what it is makes it more easy to understand and might diminish the horror of it so instead we get the horror of it without ever really knowing exactly what "it" is. its really very clever. as for the comedy element of it? read the last few stories and you will find that same mesmerising style of writing but with a splash of humor and the bizarre. my new favorite having read these, though i still love the winged things, is the Scarlet Spider. the reason being it really hits the title message home; now you'll never know.
i dont think i can praise this one enough, i had been waiting for something else from him and i got it and i loved it. now i want more.
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