![]() ![]() “The Silver Bullet” is the highlight of the collection for sure. Chilling, atmospheric, and a full character arc in 20 pages is an incredible accomplishment. This short story is actually my first exposure to her writing, however, and I’m very impressed. ![]() ![]() Anyone who collects old gothic thrillers likely has a dozen or more Whitney titles in their collection. The book opens with a terrifying haunted house tale by Phyllis A. This anthology is packed with enthralling stories of mystery and danger, and the majority of them are indeed by women writers. Avallone self-satisfyingly includes two of his own stories in this anthology, one under the moniker “Edwina Noone” and another under his other pseudonym “Priscilla Dalton.”įunny business aside, Michael mostly writes the truth. This is all a bit cheeky, since Edwina Noone is actually the femnine pseudonym of writer Michael Avallone. “Who is better equipped to write of a female in trouble than a talented lady author?” muses Noone in the introduction, declaring the included “authoresses” are among “the most gifted in the genre.” A collection of gothic short stories “from the world’s leading ladies of terror.” The editor, Edwina Noone, goes on for some time celebrating the triumphant female takeover from the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Hugh Walpole, Henry James and other male gothic icons. ![]()
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