Number 17- Supporting Roles- Stephen Volk

 

A pair of short stories/novellas by the very talented Mr Stephen Volk. This is possibly one of the best looking books so far from PS publishing.  The art and the design of the pages is gorgeous and adds to the reading experience.

It turns out I'd read one of these before.  The three Hunchbacks is one of the Holmes meets Poe/Dupin stories in Under a Raven's Wing. 

It was still as excellent as it was in that collection. the rats sequence was equally nightmarish.

The House that moved Next Door is a superbly creepy story.  It's hard to say much about the story without leaving spoilers so I'll stick with a strange childhood encounter in the house next door has repercussions throughout a man's life.

There are no easy explanations offered and the afterword tells us that this was initially written for an anthology of Aickmanesque stories.

if this is what Aickmanesque is, I need to read myself some Aickman, 

Overall a great little book that killed an hour in an exceedingly spineshiversome way.