You could also put your own spin on stories from the past, as Clive did with ‘New Murders in the Rue Morgue’ (which I was proud to include years later in my own anthology Beyond Rue Morgue). You could make people laugh (in tales like ‘The Yattering and Jack’) make them think (in stories like ‘Human Remains’), make them question their very humanity (‘The Skins of the Fathers’) or sanity (definitely in ‘Age of Desire’). At the risk of repeating myself, this collection turned things around and made me realise just what could be done with the horror genre. This is where, like many people, I came across his stuff for the first time in my teens and it simply blew me away. Anyone who knows me and my work will know how much of an impact and influence Clive’s fiction (films, paintings…you name it) has had on me. I’m cheating a little by including this as one book, but then I do have the hardback Stealth edition which gathers all the six volumes together in a single gorgeous tone. My Ten Favourite Books – In No particular order…
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