Friday, May 17, 2013

Richard matheson-button button

Because I couldn't find Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson, I borrowed the only available book by him in the library- Button, Button: Uncanny Stories 

It was a very good read. Filled with short, obscure stories that sometimes ended abruptly. Some of the stories in this collection included Button, Button (featured in Twilight Zone and a movie entitled The Box), No Such Thing as a Vampire, Clothes Make the Man, etc.

My favorite was No Such Thing as a Vampire. The plot was quite clever. Dr Petre Gheria's wife, Alexis, had turned sickly and was found in the morning with blood spilt all over her body. Gheria discovered two puncture wounds on her neck and was seemingly led to believe that the village was haunted by vampires. It turned out to be a case of revenge and murder plotted by Petre on his wife and her lover, who was also Petre's close friend.
A fun and cute read...