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Contains all of his short fiction not previously published in the UK and forms a delicious cornucopia of homicidal maniacs, vampires and lust-crazed teenagers - not to mention the drinkers in a low-life dive who attempt to salvage a diamond ring from the mouth of a severed head in a fish tank - with surprisingly grisly results.

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A fantastic roller coaster ride through Laymons world!!, 7 Jan 2001

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A fantastic roller coaster ride through the world of Richard Laymon. This book has tales written from 1974 to the present day, all of them scary, all completely original, all fantastically written and covering a multitude of subject matter.

Not normally a fan of short story books (I dont feel they hold me for long enough) but the biggest fan of Laymon (15 years - I have ALL of his books), I read the book thinking I would be disappointed. I could not of been more wrong!! It was one of his best!!

Nobody but Laymon, could drag you into a forest, where you find a girl in a cage who is . . .(The Good Deed) Or have guys getting stuffed and mounted in a glass case (Barney's Bigfoot Museum) . . .Or drag you into a writers mind - hes struggling for an idea, then has it handed to him on a plate ! (Invitation to Murder) Then there's Sandy the sandman - you dont want him inside you - or do you ? (Good Vibrations) I could go on for hours, but I cant !

If you have never read Laymon, buy this to get an idea of how he writes (I know you'll love him) and then go out and buy the other 36 books he's written !!! I read it like a novel - I just couldn't put it down - within two days it had me closing the back cover and looking for the next Laymon novel to read . . . .It's out in March !!

The best one of the collection for me was The Grab - short but with a real sting in the tail, it left me covered in goosebumps !! Good old Alf Packer - all I can say is "Hannibal Lecter - eat your heart out !!"

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Brilliant!, 31 Oct 2006

By	marky77 (England) - See all my reviews

This is a perfect collection of short stories, every single story is riviting and fantastic and it is impossible to put this book down; it is totally addictive.

A lot of the stories in the book have very good twists in the end especially the first story (which is what the blurb on the back of the book is about). I often find that short-story collections get boring or that I loose interest in them before I've read all the the stories but this could not be further from the truth with Dreadful Tales. This book reads just like one of his novels, once you start your hooked and you never want it to end. I read this in 3 days because unlike most short story collections, I didn't feel like putting this down after I'd read a few of the stories.

Fantastic collection that really shows the extent of Laymons' talent as an auther. I would reccomend this book to Laymon fans, horror fans or anybody who is looking for a good read.

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