The literary offerings of Robin Spriggs have been well received by critics.
Publishers Weekly, in its review of
The Untold Tales of Ozman Droom, observed, "Spriggs evokes terror and awe," and "Medium is the message in this dazzling anti-story, a love letter to the weird."
Rue Morgue declared
The Untold Tales of Ozman Droom "A hard-to-describe yet highly entertaining compilation... an experience weird fiction fans should not pass up." According to
Cemetery Dance magazine, "Spriggs displays a wide range of talents in both form and substance. He's equally comfortable in the short story, short-short and novella lengths." Much of Spriggs' work falls into the category of
prose poetry, prompting thriller author
Harry Shannon to refer to him as "a linguistic acrobat who works without a net." Noted editor and anthologist
Ellen Datlow, in volume 3 of her
The Best Horror of the Year, wrote: "
Diary of a Gentleman Diabolist by Robin Spriggs is a series of well-wrought interconnected prose poems of the ghostly and uncanny." ==Recognition and awards==