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Enjoying this greatly. The cover photography is also excellent.
Too many insider references in the first third of the book are redeemed by solid storytelling in the rest of the anthology inspired by the writings of Mark Samuels one of the best dark weird writers out there today. The David Rix novella is worth the price of admission by itself.I may expand this review in the future. Nah, not on your life, it's not like I'm getting paid for this stuff....
“Markitty” is the title on the front cover of the book also titled “Marked To Die” on the spine. This beautiful hardcover book is edited by Justin Isis and produced by Snuggly Books. Snuggly Books appears to have collected some of those authors who previously were published by Quentin S. Crisp’s Chomu Press. “Marked To Die” is a tribute collection dedicated to Mark Samuels “the contemporary British master of visionary weirdness”, as Ramsey Campbell has called him. Mr. Samuels stands at the fore
Is good. Has stories innit. Are weird and stuff. Stories by Daniel Mills, James Champagne and David Rix are easily the best of the bunch, though entire collection of exceedingly high quality.
Originally published at Risingshadow.Ah, what a pleasure it was to read Marked to Die: A Tribute to Mark Samuels! This anthology may well be the best weird fiction anthology of the year, because it's an excellent book filled with stories inspired by the writings of Mark Samuels. The editor, Justin Isis, has clearly done his best to gather diverse and intriguing stories that pay tribute to Mark Samuels.Because this anthology is a tribute to Mark Samuels, who is probably a bit unknown author to se...
It is a serious tribute, it is also an absurd satire of such tributes. It is a book of great weird fiction along that same spectrum. It is about the status quo, and also transcending that status quo with transmission static and the smoking gun of human frailty and faith.The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long or impractical to post here.Above is one of its observations at the time of the review. CAVEAT; I have a short work in this book.
Finally, a Weird Fiction collection that genuinely puts the 'W' in Weird. Marked to Die: A Tribute to Mark Samuels is, as the subtitle helpfully suggests, a tribute to the unparalleled body (corpse?) of work of Mark Samuels, easily one of the best living horror/Weird Fiction writers, and it is to be hoped for that this book may earn him some new acolytes (newbies to his work should probably start with either The White Hands or The Man Who Collected Machen, though of course it's all worth seeking...
