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River Sparks riversparks — This book is a compilation of short stories by Robert Bloch and Ray Bradbury. I haven't read Bloch before, and know only that he is the author of Psycho. I picked this book up as part of my Ray Bradbury reading project. It's interesting to see Bradbury's work juxtaposed next to that of another writer, because it reminds you just how good Bradbury really is. The Bradbury stories used here ("The Watchers," "Fever Dream," "The Dead Man" and "The Handler") aren't his best material, but they still blow the Bloch material out of the water, IMHO. In fairness, Bloch is more attuned to the macabre and the occult and that has never been my cup of tea. But in stories such as "Mannikins of Horror" and "The Druidic Doom," Bloch also displays a penchant for purple prose. What Bloch seems to have forgotten (or perhaps never learned) is that sometimes less is more. The creep factor in Bradbury stories rarely comes from Egyptian curses or vengeful werewolves, it comes from everyday people and things (e.g. a buzzing fly or a young boy's fever) which suddenly take on ominous proportions in his brief sketches. With simple understated language, Bradbury builds from the known to the unknown, and is so doing creates true dread. Bloch's grand flourishes are over the top and frankly, a little boring.