Last year, Spectral
Press kicked with “The Spectral Book
of Horror Stories” a new series of anthologies inspired by and in the style
of the classic short story collections “The
Pan Book of Horror Stories” and “The
Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories”. And the first volume was something
to remember, starting with the cover art, the editorial work of Mark Morris and the stories published
within the first collection. It came as no surprise then that “The Spectral
Book of Horror Stories” is in competition this year for a Shirley Jackson Award
at the Best Anthology category, together with two of its stories running for
the same award at the Best Short Fiction category (“The Dog’s Home” by Alison
Littlewood) and the Best Novelette category (“Newspaper Heart” by Stephen
Volk). This October, during the FantasyCon in Nottingham Spectral Press
will launch the 2nd volume of this series of anthologies, edited
again by Mark Morris and with the same cover artist as of the first volume, the
very talented Vincent Chong. There is
no news yet about the table of contents of “The 2nd Spectral Book of
Horror Stories”, but I do love the cover artwork for the second volume. Vincent
Chong inflicts the same eerie, unsettling sensation of the first cover here as
well, establishing a very nice trend for “The Spectral Book of Horror Stories” by
offering each volume an excellent visual companionship. The cover art is
something to look for as much as are the stories published in each collection, making
both features memorable trademarks for the series. I am convinced that this
second anthology would be as good as the first and that “The Spectral Book of
Horror Stories” would easily become one of my favorite series of short story
collections. If it isn’t already.
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