Blood of Killers

Prolific horror author Houarner (The Oz Suite ) assembles a disturbing collection of 13 reprints and 12 originals. Most of the tales highlighting his twisted supernatural assassin, Max (featured in 2001's The Beast That Was Max ), are brief, but "e;Like Smoke Rising from the Burning Ghats"e; offers detailed descriptions of a young boy in Calcutta becoming something monstrous, and the novella "e;Da...