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Andrés Luengas terasdesign — The first story was Dread. I quite liked this one. It begins with a student and teacher, Quaid and Cheryl, discussing emotions like fear and dread. When Cheryl says she can’t feel fear, Quaid manages to prove her wrong. This part is shown as Quaid’s guest, Steve, is browsing through Quaid’s collection of photographs. In this part of the story, Quaid recollects how he imprisoned Cheryl with only a piece of steak to eat. (She’s a vegetarian.) The way Clive Barker describes this is very effective. His writing is very straightforward in order to paint shocking images of a woman being driven insane by her tormentor. He manages to dive into the psyche of each individual character, showing their thoughts and progresses the descent into insanity. For example, take this terrifying excerpt: “But nobody came to interrupt him, as he made friends with the axe. First he smiled at it. The curve of the blade of the axe smiled back. Then he touched it. The axe seemed to like being touched.” Barker’s use of point-of-view and personification is very effective and very well done. Hell’s Event is a mildly interesting story about Hell trying to claim new victims during some sort of big race. It packs some good suspense when Cameron accidently finds a passageway and begins his decent into Hell, Dante’s interpretation. The minions of Hell also try to chase down another person named Joel and attempt to claim him as well. Like I’ve said before, there are some minor scares, but I felt like this story had much more potential than that which was given. Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament reminded me a lot of Carrie. It involves a girl who discovers her frightening power akin to that of telekinesis. With this power, she kills many people who she feels have wronged her. There are three moments when the story shifts to a man named Vassi, who, for some reason, is madly in love with Jacqueline. So madly in love, it would be as understatement not to call it obsession. While I felt this story was a bit too long-winded for its own good, I was entertained by it. The ending was somewhat of a twist, but it certainly wasn’t anything too shocking, unlike In the Hills, the Cities. The Skins of the Fathers starts off to an exciting start. Davidson gets attacked by some sort of creature. However, I felt like I didn’t need to read details about how Davidson soiled his pants out of fear or that then creature’s genitals were erect. Gross. There’s even a part later in the story where he gets an erection while being consumed by the ground. Really Barker? I think you’re taking this way too far. Anyways, the story involves the town curiously named Welcome being attacked by demons. I felt it hard to keep my attention by this point. There were several characters trying to fight off monsters and this story certainly seemed less unique or engaging compared to the first novel. New Murders in the Rue Morgue is a very bizarre story, which shouldn’t be too surprising, considering the abnormality of the previous tales. This one involves a man named Philippe who murdered an innocent young girl. However, there is a mysterious man (Is it really a man?) found in his apartment. This story read very quickly, but like previous tales, didn’t feel wholly captivating. Out of all the previous stories, this one is quite reminiscent of Pig Blood Blues in that it has a mystery involving a creature and an ending that feels very familiar. I give this story commendation for not being as long-winded as some of the others, but it still feels lacking of the necessary hook or scare that the first book had. Another major complaint I had about this book was the misogyny. How often does the reader have to read about a woman being called a whore? (Perhaps it’s just me overreacting but) Clive Barker really seems to enjoy objectifying women? The reader is oftentimes subjected to read about the woman’s breasts or long passages about sex. (Geez Clive, getting a bit too excited there?) At this moment, I find it hard to recall just how many times I’ve read the word “whore,” but it’s just about everywhere here. The passages about sex and body parts are sometimes just disturbing, particularly in the last story. All in all, the first book was a strong collection of short horror stories, including some of the most interesting ones I’ve read. (Keep in mind, I haven’t read much, but I certainly recommend Douglas Clegg.) This novel was decent, but certainly not as good. The best story in this would definetly be Dread, since it was the only one that was suspenseful, disturbing and throughoughly entertaining throughout. However, this installment failed to keep up with the first.

Ericka Castañeda erickacastaneda — I originally thought the Spanish conquest of Mexico was a cakewalk. I learned how wrong I was reading this book. The conquest was not so simple. Many times events almost happened to end the expedition . There were many battles and close calls. Things just happened to all end up falling into place , as no matter the reverse or hardship, Cortes found a way to triumph in the end. Luck seemed to have been on his side. Read this book, you will learn a lot. I decided not to go into great detail in this review, so as not to spoil the story.

Lesley Dobrowolski witchart — I’ve just finished reading Gabriel’s Return by Steve Umstead and found it a great continuation of the Evan Gabriel series. Steve Umstead’s first book, Gabriel’s Redemption, showed me the skill and great storytelling abilities of the author. Gabriel’s Return is no exception. The story of Evan Gabriel’s return to military action starts a bit slow but the author paints a wonderful descriptive picture of life on Mars and builds to a mission made for Gabriel and his team. Political elements on Earth plot and put into action steps to gain and control power on free governing planets. Mars is one but the planet Eden is the first step in these power brokers plan. Eden at first seems to be the perfect world for its inhabitance but a closer look shows it to be a dangerous place to live. Plants and animals there find humans to be just another step in the food chain. Students from Mars are on Eden to study these creatures but become hostages and used in an attempt to take control of Mars. Evan Gabriel and his team are called in to put a stop to this power play and are sent to Eden to recover the hostages and bring the planet back under control. Evan was the only survivor on a previous mission to Eden and the loss of the men and women of his old team still haunts him as he tries to take control of the situation. Gabriel’s Return is a great Sci-Fi to read and I highly recommend it. Steve Umstead is a master of showing the reader a world that we might see in the future. You won’t regret reading this series of books. I can’t wait for the conclusion of the Evan Gabriel series, Gabriel’s Revenge.