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September 2002 Catalog - Horror
* J. K. POTTER'S EMBRACE THE MUTATION edited by William Schafer & Bill Sheehan - Subterranean Press HC. J. K. Potter's disturbing and innovative photography is used as the starting point for thirteen gifted writers. Includes stories by Ramsey Campbell, Michael Marshall Smith, Graham Joyce, John Crowley, Dennis Etchison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Bishop, Poppy Z. Brite, Lucius Shepard, Kim Newman, James Morrow, Peter Crowther and Norman Partridge. Signed by Potter, Schafer and Sheehan! No Discount. We will not be able to re-order this book once we sell out - as I write this Subterranean only has 10 copies left! ... $40.00
* FIGURES IN RAIN by Chet Williamson - Ash-Tree Press HC. The first Chet Williamson story collection, with 27 tales of the uneasy, the macabre and the horrific, including two which have been written specifically for this volume. 320 pgs with an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. Limited to 500 copies. ... $47.00
* SECOND CHANCE by Chet Williamson - Leisure pb. You are invited to a reunion of old college friends. It should be a blast, with great music and fond memories. But be forewarned, it won't all be good. Two of the friends at the party weren't invited. In fact, they died back in college. But once they show up, the nostalgia will turn to a dark reality as all the guests find themselves hurled back to the '60s. And when they return to the present, history has changed, and the long-dead friends are still alive--including one intent on destroying them all. ... $6.00
* LOVECRAFT AT LAST by H. P. Lovecraft & Willis Conover - Cooper Square Press HC. Originally published in 1975 and limited to 3,000 copies, this collection of correspondance between Lovecraft and Willis Conover, finally reprinted, has been said to have been the best glimpse into Lovecraft's life. At age 15, Conover began corresponding with Lovecraft, and their friendship lasted until Lovecraft's death. Letters, reviews, articles, manuscripts, and commentary are woven into a smooth-flowing narrative that presents the illusion of a conversation between Conover and his mentor. ...$29.95
* ATMOSPHERE by Michael Laimo - Delirium Books HC. When New York City police detective Frank Ballaro begins investigating a series of cult-like murders that revolve around the word "atmosphere", he stumbles upon the horrifying truth, forcing him to fight for his life. Limited to 300 numbered copies, Signed by the Author. ... $45.00
* MOON ON THE WATER by Mort Castle - Leisure pb. This short story collection is filled with tales of the unexpected, the strange, the chilling. These stories show horrors that may be lurking around the next corner, or hiding in our own homes. Rediscover the world you thought you knew, and a darker one you'll never forget. ... $6.00
LIES AND UGLINESS by Brian Hodge - Night Shade Books Tpb. Collection of 21 horror short stories including "Madame Babylon", "The 121st Day of Sodom", "Empathy", "Cancer Causes Rats", "Some Other Me", "Nesting Instincts", "Before the Last Snowflake Falls" and "Come Unto me, All Ye Heavy Laden". 386 pages. ... $15.00
also released in Hardcover! LIES AND UGLINESS, HC ... $27.00
GUISES by Charlee Jacob - Delirium books Tpb. Stories of surpassing nightmare, including "The Piper", "The Bloom", "The Santa Ana Winds", "Four Elements and an Emphatic Moon", "The Begetting", "The Current", "Window for Anon", "Red Meat", "The Vanishing Point" and "Guises". 288 pages. ... $15.95
also released in Hardcover! GUISES, HC. ... $45.00
* RED by Jack Ketchum - Leisure pb. It all started with a simple act of brutality. Three boys shot and killed an old man's dog. No reason, just plain meanness. But the dog was the best thing in the old man's world, and he wasn't about to let it pass. He wanted justice, and he'd make sure the kids paid for what they did, even if it cost him his life. They picked the wrong old man to mess with. And as the fury and violence escalate, they're about to learn that... the hard way. Also includes the novella The Passenger, in paperback for the first time. ... $6.00
MY WORK IS NOT YET DONE by Thomas Ligotti - Mythos Books HC. Includes the two stories "I Have a Special Plan For This World" and "The Nightmare Network" along with the unpublished novella of the title. Full color wrap-around cover by Harry O. Morris with a signed bookplate doen especially for this edition. Limited to 1000 copies, and (as far as I know) the first hardcover from this small press. 200 pages. ... $30.00
* PSYCHAMOK by Brian Lumley - Forge/ Tor HC. Richard Garrison, one of the few able to use the brain-boosting Psychomech, is the only one who can stop it when it goes berserk. Reducing humanity to madness, the Psychomech must be destroyed before it's too late. Published in 1993, this is the first UShardcover. ... $24.95
* STRAW MEN by Michael Marshall (Smith) - Berkley/ Jove pb. Two men gun down sixty-eight people. A distinguished Englishman kills a teenage girl. And a son finds a note from his dead father, "We're not dead." Seemingly unrelated incidents, linked only by their abnormalities, are the first signs of an unimaginable network of fear that must be stopped. ... $7.00
also available: ONLY FORWARD, HC ... $40.00 (listed last month in SF)
* 13 BEST HORROR STORIES OF ALL TIME edited by Leslie Pockell - Warner Tpb. Classic tales of the supernatural, comprised of "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Green Tea" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, "The Bottle Imp" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker, "The Great God Pan" by Arthur Machen, "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, "Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad" by M. R. James, "The Country of the Blind" by H. G. Wells, "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood, "The Beckoning Fair One" by Oliver Onion, "The Call of Cthulhu" by H. P. Lovecraft and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. ... $13.95
* HEAT SEEKERS by Katherine Ramsland - Pinnacle pb. When an unknown enemy begins killing members of their vampire clan by using a mysterious contagion, Christian must find a cure before The Others, an evil group of bloodthirsy beasts, destroy them. ... $6.00
* DARK BLOOD by James M. Thompson - Pinnacle pb. For two hundred years Roger Niemann has searched for a cure for vampirism, and his insatiablelust for blood. Now Mathew Carter, a physician, needs to find Niemann before sickness and lust for bood leads another vampire to Mathew's door...and to the woman he loves. ... $6.00
* HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Warner pb. (1988) The Comte Saint-Germain is an enigma to the court of Louis XV: cultured, well-traveled and articulate, he is an alchemist with many secrets. When young Madelaine de Montalia meets him, she falls in love, certain he is not a monster. Yet true evil does haunt Paris, and to save the woman he loves, Saint-Germain must confront an arcane, foul conspiracy... and the dark minions of Hell. ... $7.00
* MINI GOTHIC PLUSH CTHULHU - Surely only Toy Vault could have produced a cute but menacing plush Elder God! Height of 6 inches, and a wing span of 7 inches - Cthulhu sports a dark but daring look, in full black with silver trim, and deep red eyes that seem to follow you! ... $9.00
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