“The Reaper’s Image” by Stephen King (1969) “I’m afraid I might look into it one
day and see… what the rest of them saw.”
A surprisingly tame story from King that hearkens back to 19th century tales of curiosity.
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“Seed” by Fiona Staples, Jose Villarrubia, Michael Dougherty, Todd Casey, Zach Shields, Marc Andreyko (2015) “For this is not a woman but a demon with no soul to save.”
I remember Trick ‘r Treat being more jokey with its anthology format, but this was just a straightforward historical horror tale. But I liked the sincerity and will certainly return to this book later.
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Celia dir. Ann Turner (1989) “Swear on my living heart, blood will never part.”
This is in the same realm of horror as Pan’s Labyrinth, which is to say more dark fantasy than scary. A child in scary circumstances must cope in ways we tend to forget.
