“The Stealth of Spiders,” by Jonathan Broughton, comes next in the anthology, a gripping story of a disabled woman named Abigail who ventures into her deceased sister’s flat to retrieve a particular item…only to be met with a nightmare world beyond her worst imagining. And much like Daphne du Maurier’s short story “The Birds,” Hall’s tale concludes with the suggestion that these winged attacks are merely the beginning to some greater form of horror. Hall opts for similar ambiguity in “Seagulls,” which amplifies the suspense and fear for poor protagonist Josie. Rayne Hall opens the anthology with a tale of bloodthirsty seagulls in the aptly-titled “Seagulls.” Readers might recall that in his seminal film The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock never fully reveals the reason why the birds are attacking and why they have singled out his female protagonist.
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