![]() As Joe Lansdale remarks in his introduction to this anthology, Williamson defies categorization, and his stories tend to reflect a widely varied view of the world. If he must be pigeonholed, I'd place Williamson among the very best contemporary and urban fantasy writers on the market his stories are typically in a dark, not horrific, vein and he plumbs the realms of the unknown with a bit more on his mind than effective methods of slaughtering nubile co-eds. An excellent example of the diversity of Williamson's work can be seen in one shot in his new short-story collection, Figures in Rain. ![]() In many cases, they are writers who can creatively, repeatedly and quite often messily kill off the characters who appear in their books readers of contemporary horror are not frightened so much as repulsed by scenes of violent, often supernatural death and gore.Īuthor Chet Williamson seems to be forever linked to the realm of horror fiction - a label that is somewhat unjustified and is owed largely to a few short-sighted decisions by agents, editors and publishers over the years. Consider the genre of horror fiction and the names of certain authors will invariably pop in your mind. ![]()
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