Once again, a mixed bag. While I mostly enjoyed these short tales, I find myself wishing editor Waid would just let the author and artist a little more real estate to run down all aspects of their stories. ( )

These stories exceeded the first volume in the series, and brought [a:Steve Niles|58947|Steve Niles|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1348976879p2/58947.jpg] of [b:30 Days of Night|831829|30 Days of Night, Vol. 1|Steve Niles|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1178747918s/831829.jpg|280664] fame into the mix. The humor turned to a far darker tone, and the stories increased in length. The artwork was far less [b:Love and Rockets|3272191|Love and Rockets New Stories #1|Gilbert Hernández|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1358755675s/3272191.jpg|3308377] stylized and more dramatic, adding some linework and watercolor additions that I was surprised to see. All in all, I enjoyed this volume more and hope the next continues in this vein.

Also, the final story in the collection with the call to Dagon was quite surprising. I thoroughly enjoyed the artwork and thought it was a pleasant change from the Cthulhu love and general humor that is far more common. While there were still humorous stories in here, for the most part [a: Steve Niles|58947|Steve Niles|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1348976879p2/58947.jpg] and [a: Mark Waid|5363|Mark Waid|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1281876586p2/5363.jpg] upped the ante with more traditional horror stories which were far more entertaining to read. ( )

A very good collection of short stories in a graphic format. They vary in time from humour to suspense, to twist in the tail gore fests. The art varies between very good to poor on occasions. Generally the writing is very good, easy to read & a great collection to pick up, read a little, & put down. Overall recommended. ( )