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A review by smalefowles
Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories by Robert Aickman
4.0
Another writer in the "weird" horror genre, this time very British. It's clear to me that reading a constant stream of horror stories dulls them slightly, robbing them of some of their inherent effectiveness. They're getting pretty addictive, though.
This writer takes a particularly ambiguous and uncertain approach to plotting and endings, which works well in this genre. You want your readers to be left asking questions, and wondering how and where the story would continue. Aickman does this well, though sometimes to an excessive degree.
This writer takes a particularly ambiguous and uncertain approach to plotting and endings, which works well in this genre. You want your readers to be left asking questions, and wondering how and where the story would continue. Aickman does this well, though sometimes to an excessive degree.