Review: Another Megapack worth reading
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2014
Like other Megapacks this a mixed bag, but great value at 99cents. Stand out stories include some of the well-known classics of the genre, such as the Monkey’s Paw and The Tomb. Miss Faversham’s Room by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and The House and the Brain by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton have shades of King’s short story 1408 and are almost as terrifying. Although Bulwer-Lytton’s style is distinctly 19th century his narration is fluid, engaging and clearly captures the setting of Victorian London. Eternity with the Devil involves a Faustian bargain which begins well, but loses its fizz and this is the case with other stories that begin promisingly that eventually disappoint.