Publisher's Weekly
Wagner's second collection contains 11 horror stories, most of which are diverting if not actually horrifying. ''Neither Brute Nor Human'' is a tale of two writers who make it big, one of whom is really drained by his success; ''Into Whose Hands'' is an account, with very sinister overtones, of a day in the life of a psychiatrist in a state mental hospital; ''Old Loves'' makes gentle and not so gentle fun of the fanatic fans of the old Avengers television series; ''The Last Wolf'' is a sad tale of the future in which people have almost ceased to read; ''Sign of the Salamander'' is a well-executed pastiche of 1930s pulp magazine hero stories; ''Blue Lady, Come Back'' is an expert mix of detective story and supernatural story; and ''Lacunae'' concerns a drug that expands the consciousness a bit beyond its limits.

THE FINAL INTERVIEW "Good morning, Mr. Stallings. I'm Dr. Marlowe. Do you remember me from the night you came here?" "Yes sir, I sure do." Stallings laughed and shook his head. "Man, I sure was out of my skull on something that night!" "What do you remember?" "Well, I remember being carried in here by the deputies, and being tied down and all, and I was cussing and telling the whole world that I was Satan." "And did you believe that?" the doctor asked. Stallings nodded in embarrassment, then looked earnestly into Marlowe's eyes. "Yes sir, I sure did. And then you came into the room, and I looked into your face, and I knew that I was wrong, because I knew that YOU were Satan." "Mr. Stallings," Dr. Marlowe smiled sadly, "you appear to have made a rapid recovery."--Amazon.com.