> Howard wrote a goodly number of horror stories for Weird Tales; some > were Lovecraftian, some were a mix of genres, and a few were > straight-up Southern gothic. "Pigeons From Hell" falls into the > latter category, and it makes nearly every Howard-head's Top 10 > list. It's flat-out scary. No lie. It was adapted into an episode > of Boris Karloff's Thriller (and a better than average episode, at > that) and a graphic novel by Scott Hampton. But nothing beats the > original story for sheer freakout value. â Mark Finn >
Great story. It is too bad Howard did not live to write more regional horror stories, because I am also quite fond of "The Dead Remember", a more insinuatingly chilling tale than "Pigeons". Jim Sent Using LocalLink - Your Local Link to the world. Local and Nationwide Dialup access! http://signup.LocalLink.Net ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Know an art & music fan? Make a donation in their honor this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/.6dcNC/.VHMAA/Zx0JAA/keeolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chapel_Perilous/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
