Review: Couriously Uncommon? Yes, delightfully so.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 17, 2012
I just finished "Strange Tales of the Curiously Uncommon". I must say, well done!!! It is almost a work of art, dark as a piece of obsidian, and yet smooth and polished. I enjoyed everything about it from the wonderfully appropriate illustrations to the delightful stories with a similar theme running through them. The characters are so well written you can see them in your mind's eye and hear them in their own voices. Their surroundings are done like well designed stage sets, not intrusive but drawn well enough for you to understand perfectly where you are.The stories, all five of them, are not horror stories as such, but rather quirky, and tinged around the edges with smoke. Charming, in rather a frightful way.If you are a bit squeamish, given to fits, or recoil at the slightest use of an offensive word, then these stories are not for you. But if you have a appreciation of dark humor with twists that leave you grinning in naughty pleasure, grab this one and enjoy.A treasure Mr. Biss, one I'll certainly be keeping for a re-read.