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Title: Horror is dead, it seems.
Review: And so John Shirley follows (or perhaps leads, since this was first published in 1993) the latest wave of hack writers (Little, Laymon, Dee) dragging the horror genre into its grave. Pedestrian story aside, Shirley writes without an iota of style or subtlety. The prose is clumsy and liberally peppered with adolescent profanity usage that is distracting and dull. It's not that the content is explicit -- look at Lucy Taylor for an author who can write graphically, but with finesse. This is low-grade work.As a side note, Dorchester Publishing ought to be embarrassed to release an edition so fraught with typographical errors. The book is filled with misspellings, forgotten punctuation, etc. How about a little more care in editing, and also a more careful selection of material?
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