Year's Finest Fantasy

There are 10 stories in this book. Many are worth the couple of minutes they take to read. A few are disappointing. A couple are memorable and stick with you long after reading them.

My favorites are:

The Cat From Hell (Stephen King) - of course anything from King is memorable. I am a cat lover, so this was great. A cat gets revenge for wrongs done to his kind.



Jeffty Is Five (Harlan Ellison) - The story of a boy who refuses to grow up, literally. Interesting tale of the supernatural, mind over matter and time. Ended by stupidity of another.

Growing Boys (Robert Aickman) - 2 young mischievous boys? 2 boys without parental structure? 2 monsters? You decide!!

My least favorites are:

Black As The Pit, From Pole To Pole (Steven Utley and Howard show more Waldrop) - Too long, didn't hold my interest. The senseless journey of Frankenstein's monster.

Manatee Gal Ain't You Coming Out Tonight (Auram Davidson) - Boring, uninteresting. I couldn't take the lousy Jamaican accent that was supposed to be portrayed.

I would be remise if I didn't mention Probability Storm by Julian Reed. The story of a disembodied gentleman in a bar. The tale is weird and confusing, but interesting and likable. show less