Button, Button: Uncanny Stories

Great anthology

The twelve stories that make up this collection were mostly written in the 1950s and 1960s (the newest is 1970) but continue to be timely as they showcase a strong suspense horror author who remains renowned for his Twilight Zone twists affirmed by this anthology. The title story is a terrific tale of ethics vs. greed as a married couple possesses a device in which each time they press a button they receive $50,000, but a stranger dies. 'Girl of My Dreams' stars a rat who abuses his naive girlfriend's psychic gift to make money greed is one of the deadly sins in the Matheson world while the loss of innocence (¿Mute¿) is even deadlier. ¿No Such Thing as a Vampire¿ feels very Twilight Zone like. This superb anthology is top rate as the short stories are filled with everyday people with moral choices between avarice and ethics involved in scenarios beyond their normal existence any moment Rod Serling will inform the audience they entered a world filled with imagination and much more.---------- Harriet Klausner

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Good, but short

I started reading this kind of short story earlier in the year when I read the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. Matheson truly is a master in the genre, my only complaint is that Button, Button is too short.

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