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A review by meghanc303
The Mammoth Book of the Mummy by Paula Guran
3.0
Stand-out stories for me included:
American Mummy by Stephen Graham Jones--as always, delightfully dark, unexpectedly wicked, and grounded in the seedy motel in the desert so vividly it felt like I was there
On Skua Island by John Langan--major scholarly love for this one as a medievalist and book history nerd; the sort of mummy story Lovecraft would write
The Mummy's Heart by Norman Partridge--I can't stop thinking about this one. It was the story that made me feel the same visceral fear of mummies that I had when I was a child, and I wasn't ready for it to end. Mixed feelings about the conclusion, but the voice and the central premise really can't be beat. First-person narrator made me think of the cadence of southern literature.
Bubba-Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale--unlikely elderly heroes battling a mummy invader using only their nursing house surroundings and their wits; lots of irreverent first-person voice here that I loved
American Mummy by Stephen Graham Jones--as always, delightfully dark, unexpectedly wicked, and grounded in the seedy motel in the desert so vividly it felt like I was there
On Skua Island by John Langan--major scholarly love for this one as a medievalist and book history nerd; the sort of mummy story Lovecraft would write
The Mummy's Heart by Norman Partridge--I can't stop thinking about this one. It was the story that made me feel the same visceral fear of mummies that I had when I was a child, and I wasn't ready for it to end. Mixed feelings about the conclusion, but the voice and the central premise really can't be beat. First-person narrator made me think of the cadence of southern literature.
Bubba-Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale--unlikely elderly heroes battling a mummy invader using only their nursing house surroundings and their wits; lots of irreverent first-person voice here that I loved