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Advantages: gripping read
Disadvantages: some stories have been published elsewhere

...book in my opinion Fiends is of a different style to Laymon's normal writing. This is a collection of short stories, some weirder than others, and some are also longer than others. When picking up a Richard Laymon book, especially if ordering from online you should watch that it's not another novel previously published under a different name. Also when buying a collection of short stories as this one is you need to make sure the short story itself ...
...already have it. I don't want to give away the entire plots, just giving you a general gist of what you will be reading. ^^^FIENDS^^^ This is one of the longest of the stories in the book. Focusing on a girl called Marty, now in her twenties. When she was a teenager, she was raped in her own house. For some strange reason she still lives in the house with her parents, and the man is out of prison and out to get Marty. Revenge comes from Willy ... Read review

Advantages: A real page turner with decent characters and a good story.
Disadvantages: You won't get much sleep till it's finished

...least expects it. While Funland isn't one of Lamon's more bloodthirsty works, it is hard to beat for excitement, atmosphere, and the ability it has on the reader to make them stay up till all hours of the morning turning those pages. When the tide finally turns on the 'Trollers' in the prolonged climax I challenge you to put the book down and go to sleep before finding out which of the characters survive to tell the tale - i certainly couldn't. ... Read review

Advantages: a gripping read
Disadvantages: if you don't like horror, you wont like this

...is of course, Richard Laymon. Flesh is one of Richard Laymon's earlier novels being published in 1988. Set in America as all his books are, the novel sets itself around a community of people, the main character being a policeman looking to fight crime within the community and generally rid all bad guys. This isn't always the easiest thing to do when circumstances and beings beyond your control is out to destroy all normality. The story starts with ...
...of the book. Personally Flesh is a book unlike an I have ever read before, yet it doesn't bore me like some books that contain weird beings and supernatural characters etc. It's an easy read at 333 pages, and wont have you flicking back through the pages trying to remember what complicated piece of detail you may have missed on the previous page. Yet it's not quite as easy reading as chick lit can be either. I can highly recommend Flesh to you ... Read review

Advantages: Lebbon knows your weak spots, and exploits them mercilessly.
Disadvantages: The mix of social commentary and pure-bred horror will be too much for some...

...Faith and Flesh are the core of both novellas, as the protagonists are battered and pummelled by the circumstances they find themselves in. Faith, to drive the spirit, Flesh to power aching, heavy limbs into the future. Marvellous stuff, from one of Britain's top new talents. ... Read review

Advantages: An excellent & imaginative story
Disadvantages: Waiting for the next book

As a children's story this is some seriously dark writing and may not be suitable of younger readers, but for adults it's an exceptionally good read. The heroine of the story, Candy, finds herself pulled into a parallel world by a strange sea, a world that consists of 25 islands. 24 islands represent a particular hour of the day with the 25th a dark place of murder and madness. This initial volume sees Candy's travels around a selection of these ...
...trying to stay out of arms reach of the dark servants of the Lord of the 25th hour. This is a place where friend and foe are never what they seem and many are out for the capture of Candy. The illustrations included in this book give it an extra and enjoyably warped depth. Clive Barkers visual take on his fantasy world is one where even the good-guys can be seen as ugly monstrosities. You'll definitely want to read the next instalment. ... Read review