But is DARK FORCES really that great a book? Let’s see. It appeared in 1980, at roughly the midway point of the horror boom, and in the eyes of many is not a standout anthology but, rather, the standout anthology. Jeter), and McCauley’s DARK FORCES was likewise a terrific grouping of horror stories.
Regarding that first point I can’t say for sure (plenty of evidence exists both for and against that assessment), whereas with the second I’m afraid I’ll have to plead guilty-I was indeed not being sincere in equating INFERNO and DARK FORCES because, frankly, I prefer INFERNO.ĭatlow’s INFERNO, for those who don’t know, is an excellent collection of horror stories from several big names in the field (including Pat Cadigan, Christopher Fowler, Lucius Shephard and K.W. Based on the feedback I’ve gotten, it seems many readers believe that I either don’t know what I’m talking about or was being insincere. In my review of Ellen Datlow’s INFERNO(2007) I apparently ruffled a few feathers with my final sentence, in which I favorably compared INFERNO to the Kirby McCauley edited anthology DARK FORCES.
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