Shelfies #7: Paul Jessup

This is my horror short story shelf. I've actually got a few more shelves with horror short story anthologies and collections, as well as some just for fantasy and science fiction, too! But today I felt like I should share the horror one. Ooohhhh, spooky.

Some points of interest! There is a copy of Clute's Darkening Garden, in really nice hardcover and signed. I turn to that book a lot for cool ideas. There is also a copy of Aikman's amazing Cold Hand in Mine, probably one of the best weird horror collections ever written. It's one of those things that left a mark on me, for sure. Speaking of Weird, you can also see that mammoth The Weird collection by the VanderMeers. Great stuff.

Scattered amongst all of that you'll see quite a few of Datlow's collections. Including my personal favorite, When Things Get Dark, stories inspired by Shirley Jackson. Which has two of the best short stories published in god knows how long. Kelly Link's “Skinder's Veil” and Laird Barron's “Tiptoe”. You'll also see some Ligotti, some Lovecraft, some Poe. My King collections are elsewhere. His books are many and big enough that they have their own shelves.

Two more books of notice would be the other nonfiction works, Paperbacks from Hell and 101 Horror Books to Read Before You are Murdered. They definitely fit the bill of modern classics. And hey, that Hauntings book? Illustrated by the one and only Edward Gorey.

Paul Jessup is a critically acclaimed, award winning writer of creepy stuff. An active pro member of HWA, he’s had publications in countless magazines over the years, and has lots of novels and short story collections published, mostly in the small press. His latest novel is Glass House, and his latest short story collection is Skinless Man Counts to Five.

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