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.
These horror tales are written in simplistic prose that suits their tone and characters. In fact, if not for the content, you'd think they were aimed at teenagers. This is basic horror with plenty of gratuitous violence and clumsy sex. Scary hitchhiker and campsite stuff. I almost gave Dreadful Tales two stars, but a few stories were more cleverly written, intriguing, or had a twist that actually worked: Invitation to Murder, The Champion, Spooked, A Good Cigar is a Smoke, Oscar's Audition, and Roadside Pickup.
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