![]() Horrid - but it did give me a strange hankering for salted pork. ![]() This one features a fireside chat/gentleman’s club framing as one bloke tells another about a nasty revenge gained on a love rival by a cuckolded husband. Our opening tale, “Piecemeal”, comes from Oscar Cook, who penned “His Beautiful Hands” from the first Pan. although it’s like the front of an Enid Blyton book compared to what would come in later years. Your Yucky Cover: A hand pushing up through the soil of what could well be someone’s garden – but with the added detail of a bloody eyeball clutched in the palm, somewhat squashed like an egg yolk. I don’t hesitate to use the word “classy” regarding a book depicting such frightful and gruesome things there’s enduring work by great writers. Some of the very best horror stories of all time lurk beneath the covers. ![]() It’s a slimmer book than the original, but what it lacks in depth, it more than makes up in quality. The second volume of Herbert van Thal’s fondly-remembered series of shockers was first published in 1960. ![]()
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