Thomcat
2/5/2025
The introduction describes this as a collection of eight original stories, as opposed to a collection of those earlier printed in magazines. The Pohls combed through 450 manuscripts to find these 8. Perhaps we have different tastes, or the other submitted stories were really bad. This collection averages out to just okay.
I liked "An Occurrence at the Owl Creek Rest Home" the best. "Error Hurled" by Babette Rosmond was the story that brought me to this collection, but it felt too long, taking up nearly half the pages. The Pohls were separated the year after this collection was released. Perhaps they weren't seeing eye to eye?