> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 23:04:41 +1000 > From: Al Griffith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: some very dark fantasy from Fritz Leiber > > I’ve been reading some of Fritz Leiber’s stories of Fafhrd and the Gray > Mouser, from > > His collection “Swords Against Death”. All the stories would qualify as > dark fantasy, and some I think can even be described as pure horror, > albeit in a fantasy setting. > > The Bleak Shore” has a great atmosphere of inescapable doom, of death > calling to human victims who have no choice but to heed the call. “The > Howling Tower” is the closest (of those I’ve read so far) to pure > horror. A very creepy atmosphere, and the idea behind it, of a man > haunted by the ghosts of dogs who must find victims to assuage their > hunger for souls or be driven mad by their other-worldly howling, is > brilliant. An absolutely superb story. > > Al His horror masterpiece is considered to be "Conjure Wife" that has been filmed twice as "Weird Woman "(1944) &"Burn, Witch, Burn " (1962).
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