SYNERGY – Childhood Scary Stories
Synergy is back! This is the fourth installment of the feature, and the first under my dictatorship as BSC’s editrix. If you haven’t seen this column before, the basic idea is that we put the same question to a variety of professionals (and sometimes amateurs) who interest us to create a plateful of amuse bouche interviews. This time around we took the question straight to some of the hottest names in horror, comics, urban fantasy, and more.
The question? What was your favorite scary story as a kid? The answer could be anything from an urban legend to “vampires” to a specific book or movie or comic. Anything at all…as long as it was something especially striking to you….
Respondents range from bestselling writers like Charlaine Harris and Carrie Vaughn, to grand masters like Joe R. Lansdale and Brian Lumley, to noir/crime writers like Jimmy Palmiotti and Charlie Huston, and more. If you missed our previous installments of Synergy, go check them out.
If you’ve already read those, take the jump and read our latest!
The Ghost Quartet edited by Marvin Kaye review
The Ghost Quartet is a compilation of four original stories by known authors all writing with ghosts in mind. These four stories are all vastly different and each enjoyable in their own way. Though not all will give you those frightful shivers on a dark night, they are all very well written and entertaining for the stories they are.
Continue reading the review after the jump..
