What comes through most clearly in this collection's selections, and in Wilson's chatty introductions to each, is the author's unselfconscious enthusiasm for the craft of storytelling....Compared with brand-name horro writers like King and Barker, Wilson has kept a fairly low profile, but he's a solid, dependable talent, as The Barrens and Others clearly shows. San Francisco Chronicle F. Paul Wilson is among the finest storytellers of our time. Rocky Mountian News