One Foot in the Grave

One of the finest story-tellers in America, Davis Grubb has a special mastery of horror writing which is indeed horrific in it's effect. This collection ranges from the title story- in which a severed foot continues to live a hideous existence of its own - to the compelling description of a man being deliberately, and with nasty ingenuity, frightened to death in a barbers chair. Which reminds us of another tale, also in this book - that of a vengeful husband who takes a sharp knife to the wrong throat ...