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(1989, selections originally published 1937-1989)

I very much like Bloch's horror and suspense stories, though some have ethnic and gender references that interrupt the experience. But several stories here are humorous, of the broad kind I associate with Robert Scheckley: full of puns, Dad jokes, and randomness. A little of that goes a long way for me, and this collection has too much.

But "Floral Tribute" and "Killing in the Market" are great.

" ... the subtleties of the Perry Rhodan series ..."

You don't often find references in English to PR, but in 1976 Ace was publishing translations of the early episodes, and Robert Bloch makes a joke referencing them in "ETFF", a short story satirizing SF conventions. (The joke being that "subtleties" is a word that shouldn't co-sentence with "Perry Rhodan")

"I even read the first four pages of Dhalgren."

The #ClassicLSFBC group might relate.