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Jan 28, 1971 · 3.25. 12 ratings2 reviews. Original 1st edition!!! Genres Horror. 140 pages, Paperback. First published January 28, 1971. Book details & editions.
A slim UK anthology of dog-themed horror stories first released back in the 1970s. This one was done by editor supreme Michel Parry, second only to Peter Haining as king of the genre. I thought it was pretty good, a mix of pulp fiction, classic thrillers and even some Victorian writers thrown in.
Nov 14, 2014 · Michel Parry (1947-2014) Posted on November 13, 2014 by Mike Glyer. The passing of Michel Parry, horror author and anthologist, was reported November 1. He was 67 and had been diagnosed with cancer some years ago. James H. Burns says, “I would have first ‘met’ Parry in the pages of Castle of Frankenstein, but I think his anthologies were ...
Parry provides a concise little history of the development of the horror story current from Gothic Novel and Newgate Novel (real world crime stories presented as fiction) - and their eventual devolution into bloods, blood & thunders, penny dreadfuls and shilling shockers - and the concurrent, parallel treatment of the same themes by upscale ...
Nov 9, 2014 · Michel Parry (1947-2014) News that Michel Parry, author, screenwriter and anthologist, had died at the age of 67 was reported on 1 November. He had been diagnosed with cancer some years ago. Michel Patrick Parry was born in Brussels, Belgium, on 7 October 1947 to a Welsh father. He grew up in Maldon and went to the Colchester Royal Grammar School.
One of Michel Parry's lesser horror anthologies of the 1970s; this one doesn't work quite as well because the subject matter is so familiar and basic and thus a lot of the stories feel more than a little repetitive. I also find it more than a little ghoulish to have a collection of fictional stories based on a real-life case like this.
Hex: Directed by Michel Parry. With Melinda Martin, John Nicholson.
