nontraditional dark, horror, and surreal | *OP Borderlands 4 (Borealis Imprint Logo) (v. 4)

book: *OP Borderlands 4 (Borealis Imprint Logo) (v. 4)

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	• *OP Borderlands 4 (Borealis Imprint Logo) (v. 4) White Wolf Publishing, 1995 - 345 pages
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Nontraditional dark fiction.

Borderlands is a series of horror/dark fantasy/suspense anthologies that attempts to push the boundaries of concept and storytelling. The first three volumes were overwhelmingly excellent, but this fourth is somewhat of a disappointment. It simply doesn't possess the power of the earlier material. It starts off with a fairly strong handful of stories, including some quiet horror from Dennis Etchison, and a wierd tale of a child prisoner by William F. Wu. Later there are some good stories by William Browning Spencer, David Herter, and James C. Dobbs. Most of the rest are okay, but not very memorable. "Monotone" is so poorly written I don't know how any editor continued reading past the first couple lines. I guessed the "twist" of "The Long Holiday" by the second page; I'm sure it's been done before. I'd like to see this series continue, but I hope the grade of material returns to its previous greatness.

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nontraditional dark, horror, and surreal

If you revel in nontraditional writing styles, there are usually a few interesting jewels exemplified in these Borderlands compilations. The stories are at times surreal, horrific, fantastical, dark, or just plane strange. I highly recommend this to anyone who most enjoys the books that twist the common method or presentation of a story's progression or even the subject matter. See my review of Borderlands 1 for similar comments...