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Simon Bestwick

Autor/a de The Faceless

33+ obres 167 Membres 7 Ressenyes

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Crèdit de la imatge: © 2013 Emma Farrer

Obres de Simon Bestwick

The Faceless (2012) 37 exemplars
A Hazy Shade of Winter (2004) 16 exemplars
The Feast of All Souls (2016) 14 exemplars
Breakwater: A Tor.com original (2018) 10 exemplars
Angels of the Silences (2011) 8 exemplars
Pictures of the Dark (2009) 6 exemplars
Devil's Highway (Black Road) (2016) 4 exemplars
The Condemned (Gray Matter) (2013) 3 exemplars
The Moraine 2 exemplars

Obres associades

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2005) — Col·laborador — 223 exemplars
The Best Horror of the Year Volume One (2009) — Col·laborador — 194 exemplars
Inferno (2007) — Col·laborador — 141 exemplars
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Four (2012) — Col·laborador — 135 exemplars
The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea (2018) — Col·laborador — 111 exemplars
Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror (2016) — Col·laborador — 108 exemplars
Body Shocks (2021) — Col·laborador — 60 exemplars
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Twelve (2020) — Col·laborador — 55 exemplars
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Thirteen (2021) — Col·laborador — 46 exemplars
After Sundown (Fiction Without Frontiers) (2020) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror (2010) — Col·laborador — 42 exemplars
Tomorrow's Cthulhu: Stories at the Dawn of Posthumanity (2016) — Col·laborador — 39 exemplars
The Mammoth Book of Kaiju (2016) — Col·laborador — 38 exemplars
Classic Monsters Unleashed (2022) — Col·laborador — 30 exemplars
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen (2022) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
At Ease with the Dead (2007) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
Acquainted with the Night (2004) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
The Best British Fantasy 2013 (2013) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Gutshot (2011) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Terror Tales of the Lake District (2011) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
Never Again: Weird Fiction Against Racism and Fascism (2010) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
Terror Tales of East Anglia (2012) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
Shades of Darkness (2008) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
World War Cthulhu (2013) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
Tales of the Nun and Dragon (2012) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Beneath the Ground (2002) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Terror Tales of North West England (2019) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Something Remains (2016) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Apparitions (2009) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Black Static 43 (2014) 2 exemplars
Great British Horror 3: For Those in Peril (2019) — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Haunts of Horror (2016) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1974
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
UK
Professions
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There were a few stories in this that I enjoyed and for these I am grateful that I read the book. The author writes well and keeps the readers interest. The stories which let the book down for me dealt with child abuse and while I am aware the world unfortunately has these horrific acts happening in it, I have an extremely hard time reading about them. Some of the scenes in which this occurs can be overly detailed, going more for shock value. Other than that a good read.
 
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Arkrayder | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Mar 21, 2022 |
And Cannot Come Again is not a light read. It's brilliant, but definitely not light. It's kind of a punch to the gut emotionally. I love Bestwick's style, and the emotions evoked in such a short amount of space for each story is mind-blowing. If you're looking for a truly horrifying, well-written read, then this is the book for you.
 
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LilyRoseShadowlyn | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Aug 8, 2020 |
4.5 stars!

Shadow Moths collects two short stories into one very slim book.

We Make Our Own Monsters Here is a very short story about a puppeteer of sorts going on an audition. It's strange, but I liked it! Check Harding checks in to the Palmerston Hotel, a place he's planning on staying for the night before he goes on an audition in the morning. The hotel is strange, his room is strange and Check himself is VERY strange. He passes the night practicing his shadow puppets on the wall and the next morning, takes the bus to his audition. I can't say much more without spoiling this weird tale, but I can say that I loved it and I wish it were longer. I have a thing for puppeteers, (shadow or otherwise), and if you do too, I think you will enjoy this eerie little tale.

Blood Moth Kiss was another short, but strange story. It was rather surreal and well...shadowy. I'm not quite sure I understand what happened, but in my opinion, I think this was a vignette about war and our fears; be they real or imagined, like the blood moths exploding throughout this tale. In either case, war is sad for everyone involved, on all sides, and that's what I'm taking away from Blood Moth Kiss.

Both of these stories are beautifully written and evocative. I've not heard of Cate Gardner until earlier today, but now that I've read a few tasty treats from her library, I think I'd like to read a few more.

Highly recommended!

You can buy your copy here: Shadow Moths: Frightful Horrors Quick Reads

*I received a free e-copy of this short book in exchange for my honest review. This is it.*
… (més)
 
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Charrlygirl | Mar 22, 2020 |
A Facebook friend has been working his way through the works shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award, and I saw this novella in my timeline and since it’s set in an underwater base, something I find fascinating, and was extremely cheap on Kindle, I decided to give it a go. And… oh dear. The title refers to an underwater complex just off the the coast of the UK. Originally built for research, it has been taken over by the military as a first line of defence against a mysterious underwater race who, we are told in an infodump, are now at war with humanity because of humanity’s history of polluting the oceans. The widow of the man with whom she co-designed Breakwater still works there. With the Royal Navy. And, wouldn’t you know it, the underwater people decide to attack a couple of pages into the novella, and this time it’s the biggest attack ever. The woman manages to escape, with the help of a female petty officer. They run through an empty complex, staying just ahead being drowned. But then the petty officer lets slip she’s one of the underwater people – or rather, one engineered to look human – and she belongs to a faction that wants to open dialogue with humanity… And, well, that’s it. The author doesn’t seem to understand how depth works – there’s a few mentions of airlocks and ears popping; oh, and the woman’s husband died of the bends – otherwise, changes in pressure are blithely skated over. There’s a bit of authorial prurience over the two female leads, which reads a bit old-fashioned. And something I’ve not seen in a book for years: a detailed description of the protagonist’s appearance. Who still does that? The British Fantasy Awards are, like the Hugos and Nebulas, prone to logrolling, and it’s not unusual for people well-known and well-liked among the voters to have their works find their way onto the shortlist irrespective of the quality of the work. The voting pool for the BFA is very small, probably even smaller than the average attendance of the annual Fantasycon (ie, a couple of hundred).… (més)
½
 
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iansales | Aug 24, 2019 |

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Membres
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½ 3.6
Ressenyes
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ISBN
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