I now at last have in my hot-handed possession a copy of the new Ellen Datlow anthology Inferno, and a mighty fine and handsome tome it is -- this in spite of its containing a story by me.
Also safely arrived is the latest review of the book, this time by reviewer Rod Lott in the webzine Bookgasm (http://www.bookgasm.com:80/reviews/horror/inferno-new-tales-of-terror-and-the-supernatural/). The relevant bits read:
Equally as creepy [as Chris Fowler's "The Uninvited", which this reviewer hails as "the showpiece of Inferno"] is “Lives,” from John Grant, in which a child inexplicably has a knack for surviving tragedy after tragedy. Ironically, doing so rips his family apart. . . . More established masters [might] have elevated [Inferno], but its bold choice to give ink to even bolder new voices will pay off both now and in the long run.
Also safely arrived is the latest review of the book, this time by reviewer Rod Lott in the webzine Bookgasm (http://www.bookgasm.com:80/reviews/horror/inferno-new-tales-of-terror-and-the-supernatural/). The relevant bits read:
Equally as creepy [as Chris Fowler's "The Uninvited", which this reviewer hails as "the showpiece of Inferno"] is “Lives,” from John Grant, in which a child inexplicably has a knack for surviving tragedy after tragedy. Ironically, doing so rips his family apart. . . . More established masters [might] have elevated [Inferno], but its bold choice to give ink to even bolder new voices will pay off both now and in the long run.