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A review by bunnieslikediamonds
Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories by Robert Aickman
5.0
I consume literature like some people consume junk food. So many books, so little time. However, I took about six months reading these eight stories by Robert Aickman. These deeply melancholy tales deserve to be read slowly, carefully. The prose is impeccable. Each strange story is told with a clarity and simplicity that made me feel as if I wasn't reading fiction as much as witnessing an unsettling, but very real sequence of events.
The first two stories in particular, The Swords and The Real Road to the Church, have an emotional impact that is hard to shrug off. The Same Dog conjures up those weird childhood memories (ok, some weirder than others) that you're never really sure about. The Clock Watcher is twisted enough to make you quesy, while Pages from a Young Girl's Journal is just delightfully creepy.
Recommended to those of you who prefer your horror stories understated and inconclusive.
The first two stories in particular, The Swords and The Real Road to the Church, have an emotional impact that is hard to shrug off. The Same Dog conjures up those weird childhood memories (ok, some weirder than others) that you're never really sure about. The Clock Watcher is twisted enough to make you quesy, while Pages from a Young Girl's Journal is just delightfully creepy.
Recommended to those of you who prefer your horror stories understated and inconclusive.