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Paperback Collected Stories of Robert Bloch Book

ISBN: 0806512016

ISBN13: 9780806512013

Collected Stories of Robert Bloch

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Lost Gems

Although Robert Bloch has come to be treated more as the author of "Psycho" than as anythingh else, his claim to fame is most vehemently supported by his short-stories. Bloch's stories, despite being bound by the usual limitations of the pulps (inadequate remunerations forcing even creative brains to go barren after over-production to meet the various deadlines, themes that would cause shudders, gross neglect by the blue-blooded intellectuals and critics, lack of enthusiasm among editors to give the short-stories a more durable resting place in hardcover format), never got bogged down. His genius lay in creating something terrific as well as terrifying within a few pages, no matter how many times he covers the same ground. Five stars for the stories, but not so for the edition in question, since it fails to give any editorial information about the stories and their creator, apart from listing the sources.

Bloch may be gone, but his tales remain.

Despite being famous for the film adaptation of a single novel, Robert Bloch's greatest contributions to genre literature were arguably in the short story format. Whether he was writing for the pulps or the slick professional magazines, Bloch could be counted on delivering a unique and addictive blend of twisted shock and sarcastic black humor. Each of these 'Complete Stories of' volumes, of which Bitter Ends is the second of three, are pretty much required in any genre fans library. Highly recommended.
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