If you are skipping around through the book, read several stories before you read this extraordinary short. After you’ve read the creepy, the shocking, the terrifying, there is one story I would like you to pay particular attention to: “Who’s You In America.”
Trying to choose a favourite is next to impossible - but not impossible. Honestly, every piece in this collection is a masterpiece of short, stunning storytelling. If you ever forget this story, you’re one of the very few who do. It is even more chilling when heard in Matheson’s deep, reassuring voice on the CD. The climax is as chilling as it is inevitable - not consciously inevitable, but far back in the depths of the subconscious. One of the most troubling selections in Dystopia is the dark realism of “Red.” Aren’t the most frightening tales ones that are all too possible? “Red” starts off with a icy dread that increases with each carefully chosen word. Morris), you will get a special view into the jaw-dropping “Arousal.” A short film of the story on videotape is included (as is an audio CD with Matheson reading six of the short stories, read by the author and the group The Existers performing some dark, disturbing music that suits the collection perfectly.) Take my advice and read the story before you watch the video it will provide a background that is glossed over in the film. And you won’t find a better spokesman for him than Dystopia.Īre you hooked on Matheson’s horror stories, perhaps with an erotic element? If you go with the deluxe edition (breathtakingly illustrated by Harry O.
You won’t find a better way to say what Matheson has already said.
Throughout this collection, there is not an unnecessary word to be found. Maybe it’s the brutal economy with which he chooses and uses words, as if they cost thousands apiece. No one matches Richard Christian Matheson in the art of the truly short story. Brite, or Stephen King - a few of the luminaries who contribute insightful and engaging commentary on the stories and the author. In terms of the short-shorts, there is one man whose work defines the category. Almost every author writes short stories, and many write superb stories.
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