Currently Reading: Horror Stories and Birds of Prey vol #8

I decided to read two classics, a book filled with classic horror stories. This seems like it will be fun to read. And I'm also going to be reading a classic of sorts, the pre-New 52 Birds of Prey. It took me a while to find some of these older issues at the comic book store. It's getting harder and harder to find some of the older books.

Book: Horror Stories: Classic Tales From Hoffman to Hodgson edited by Darryl Jones

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

The modern horror story grew and developed across the nineteenth century, embracing categories as diverse as ghost stories, supernatural and psychological horror, medical and scientific horrors, colonial horror, and tales of mystery and premonition. This anthology brings together 29 of the greatest horror stories of the period from 1816 to 1912, from the British, Irish, American, and European traditions. It ranges widely across the sub-genres to encompass authors whose terror-inducing powers remain unsurpassed.

The book includes stories by some of the best writers of the century - Hoffmann, Poe, Balzac, Dickens, Hawthorne, Melville, Zola - as well as established genre classics such as M. R. James, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and others. It includes rare and little-known pieces by writers such as William Maginn, Francis Marion Crawford, W. F. Harvey, and William Hope Hodgson, and shows the important role played by periodicals in popularizing the horror story. Wherever possible stories are reprinted in their first published form, with background information about their authors and helpful, contextualizing annotation. Darryl Jones's lively introduction discusses horror's literary evolution and its articulation of cultural preoccupations and anxieties. These are stories guaranteed to freeze the blood, revolt the senses, and keep you awake at night: prepare to be terrified!

Book: Birds of Prey volume #8: Blood and Circuits (issues #96-103) by Gail Simone with illustrations by various artists

Edition: Reading the single issues

Description:

The team is shaken up as members depart and new teammates are added to the roster. Who will be asked to join Oracle in her all-new Birds Of Prey? Who will refuse, and who will fly the coop for good?