A kaleidoscope of greed angers the deities of destruction, the wrath of Hindu goddesses, Kali and Durga, have the power to inspire their followers to carry out their vengeful judgements.
Thrown from the heights of the of the Taj Mahal in India, and spiraling toward a certain death, before your spattered on the marbled floor of the luxurious structure.
A quarter of million dollars was serious loot in 1965, especially if it's divided only one way. James Holding’s 1960s “Career Man” is a timeless tale of a heist for the ages. The quest for a huge payday will never die out, especially in the genre of crime and suspense writing.
“Tales of Terror” was released in 1986 and contains 58 shorts stories chosen by Alfred Hitchcock, the so-called master of suspense. This book is great, because most of the stories are really good, and if you get bored, you can go onto another story that captures the imagination.
Writer, Nedra Tyre’s 1963s “Killed by Kindness” is difficult to talk about without revealing the plot. It’s very clever tale of a husband and wife who after years of marriage tire of one another and plot an odious means to end their marriage. The ending is anything but predictable.
The cobblestone roads in Whitechapel, London in the late 1880s is where the serial killer Jack the Ripper slayed ladies of the night. Annie, as she called herself, decided to take the law into her own hands.
Annie with her wolf whistle figure and scantily clad dress walked the late-night London streets alone with a large knife in her purse. Her goal was to meet Jack the Ripper, and lure him into a cheap motel, and instead of being another one of his victims, she’d be the one to slay the nefarious Ripper.
The sound of her heels echoed sharply against the cobbles, but it didn’t matter now, it was too late to end her quest to lure in Jack the Knife. The 1976 short story by Vincent McConnor, “The Whitechapel Wantons” was one of many great reads from this novel.
Jack Ritchie’s “ Kid Cardula” was the most original vampire story I’ve ever read. The story adheres to the basic stereotypes of a vampire, they indeed feed on the blood of the living, they cannot be out in the sunlight and are extraordinarily strong. Most of the time, vampires also do not reveal what they really are to humans unless they are killing or converting them.
“Kid Cardula” is the story of a small-time boxing manager eager and desperate to be the sole manager of top prize fighter. The manager does not freak out, nor get scared when he learns Kid Cardula is a vampire. Cardula, with his great strength easily defeats his opponents in the ring to earn money for him and his manager.
Cardula, the vampire boxer is not nearly as greedy as his manager and things begin to go astray, and the ending was very fitting to the story.
A solid three star read for “Tales of Terror.”
Mark Izzy Schurr
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