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December 2001 Catalog - Horror
* WRONG THINGS by Poppy Z. Brite and Caitlin R. Kiernan - Subterranean Press HC. Three very special stories from two of the darker bright lights of horror. "The Crystal Empire" by Poppy Z. Brite tells of a strangely powerful young man, the household he gathers about him and the almost quiet violence they embrace. In "Onion" by Caitlin R. Keirnan, Frank was only seven years old when he found the field of red grass growing behind the basement wall, but it was just the beginning of a life filled with eerie, horrific discoveries. " The Rest of the Wrong Thing" is the first collaboration by these two authors, inspired by a very wrong thing Brite happened to discover at a burned-out New Orleans amusement park. With an Afterword by Kiernan. Limited to 1500 numbered copies and Signed by both Authors! ... $35.00 No Discount
* CANYONS by P.D. Cacek - Tor pb. Cat Moselle is the newest associate editor for Denver's Quest News, specializing in Elvis sightings and UFO's. After Cat is saved by a werewolf, she writes the story, even though she wonders if it was real. But the werewolf was real, and cursing himself for attracting unwanted attention to the Denver clans. However, he finds himself drawn to Cat, as if she wasn't quite human. ... $7.00
DARK OF THE EYE by Douglas Clegg - Subterranean Press HC. A terrible accident has left Hope Stewart with a strange ability to heal or destroy, an ability over which she has little control. it makes her prey to a host of pursuers, including a man known as Shadow. Limited to 750 numbered copies and Signed by the Author. ... $40.00 No Discount
THE INFINITE by Douglas Clegg - Leisure HC. Harrow mansion is haunted. It lies empty. An obsessed woman who wants to bring it back to life and a ghost hunter gather together a group of strangers, with varying motives and abilities, to pierce the mystery of the old house. Signed by the Author! ... $20.00
* DRACULA IN LONDON edited by P. N. Elrod - Ace Tpb. Bram Stoker's immortal tale of vampirism told the story of how Count Vlad Tepes came to London and met his demise at the hands of Abraham van Helsing's vampire hunters. But how did Dracula occupy his time when he wasn't stalking Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker? Get this compilation of sixteen stories and find out! Including stories by Tanya Huff, Fred Saberhagen, Jody Lynn Nye and Elaine Bergstrom. ...$14.95
* THE MUSEUM OF HORRORS edited by Dennis Etchison - Leisure HC. Presented by the Horror Writers Association, this all new collection includes stories by Peter Straub, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant Tom Piccirilli, Peter Atkins, Melanie Tem and Richard Laymon. Another impressive hardcover from Leisure Books, a press that used to be more associated with wire-rack thrillers now showcasing some of the finest talents in the industry. ... $24.00
SEX AND VIOLENCE IN HOLLYWOOD by Ray Garton - Subterranean Press HC. Adam Julian, son of a Hollywood screenwriter, has a life many would kill for - and some would kill to keep. He's tangled in a web of forced sex and coerced robbery where killing becomes the only free choice he can make. An epic novel of thrills, terror and black humor. A massive book at 506 pages. No Discount. ... $40.00
* ASCENDING PECULIARITY by Edward Gorey, edited by Karen Wilkin - Harcourt Brace HC. How would you describe a book about Ed Gorey by Ed Gorey? Strange? Frightening? Profound? Insane? Sauteed with a nice Bearnaise sauce and some fava beans? All these things and more describe this remarkable series of interviews with Ed Gorey, by the only man who could get to the bottom of what makes the man tick... Ed Gorey. ... $35.00
* THE ULTIMATE HALLOWEEN by Marvin Kaye - iBooks Tpb. Gather round the campfire for 17 spine-tingling tales of horror and delight. Each fabulous, fear-filled story is centered around everyone's favorite holiday, All Hallows Eve, and will undoubtedly induce fright in the reader. With such tales as Al Sarrantonieo's "Pumpkin Head", William F. Nolan's "The Halloween Man", and many more, how can you go wrong? ... $12.95
* THRESHOLD by Caitlin R. Kiernan - Onyx Tpb. Still shaken by the recent death of her beloved grandfather, Chance Matthews is not prepared to deal with this strange girl with alabaster skin who knows things about Chance that she can't possibly know. She says she is charged by an angel to battle monsters and she needs Chance's help. And among the artifacts left by her geologist grandparents, there lies a fossil of a creature that shouldn't ever have existed. But it did. And still does. ... $14.00
* IN THE DARK by Richard Laymon - Leisure pb. Nothing much happens in Donnerville. At least not to the young librarian, Jane Kerry. Then one day Jane finds an envelope containing a fifty-dollar bill and a note instructing her to "look homeward, angel." Jane pulls a copy of the Thomas Wolfe novel of that title off the shelf and finds a second envelope. This one contains a hundred-dollar bill and another clue. Like the first, it's signed, "MOG (Master of Games)." ... $6.00
THE TRAVELING VAMPIRE SHOW by Richard Laymon - Leisure pb. It's a hot August day in the rural town of Grandville as teenaged friends Dwight, Rusty and Slim connive to attend the special one night only Traveling Vampire Show. Problem is, they are all underage, the show is after curfew and the site is off limits to them even when there AREN'T forbidden things there. A story of friendships, betrayals, temptations, love, courage and getting in really Big Trouble. ... $6.00
* FACE by Tim Lebbon - Night Shade Books HC. See this month's Publisher Focus. ... $27.00
* LOST by Gregory Maguire - Regan HC. Winifred Rudge is a promising fiction writer, although her book on astrology has been far more successful. Now she is in London to research a novel linking Jack the Ripper to the house in Hampsted where her great-great-grandfather, himself rumored to be the model for Ebenezer Scrooge, once lived. While she doesn't find any evidence of Jack the Ripper, the house has its own spooky secrets. ... $26.00
* THE HUM BUG by Harold Schechter - Pocket HC. When Edgar Allen Poe and his wife Sissy visit P. T. Barnum's American Museum, they find a number of the exhibits to have a dubious validity. But Barnam has an explanation for everything - until the diorama of an infamous murder is used as the model for a new hideous crime. Barnum hires Poe to help catch the killer and the chase is on with the bizarre, grotesque museum and its inhabitants as a colorful background. ... $25.00
* AND THE ANGEL WITH THE TELEVISION EYES by John Shirley - Night Shade Books HC. See this month's Publisher Focus. ... $27.00
* DARWIN'S BLADE by Dan Simmons - Morrow pb. Analyzing a series of high-speed fatal car wrecks - accidents that seem as if they may have been staged - Darwin Minor soon finds himself drawn into a vast crime conspiracy that forces him to rely on deadly resources of his own. ... $7.50
* FEARFUL ROCK AND OTHER PERCARIOS LOCALES: WELLMAN #3 by Manly Wade Wellman - Night Shade Books HC. See this month's Publisher Focus. ... $35.00
* ALL THE RAGE by F. Paul Wilson - Tor pb. Can you imagine a new chemical compound, a non-addictive designer drug that heightens your assertiveness, opens the door to your primal self, giving you an edge wherever you compete? Whether on the street or the football field, in a classroom or a boardroom. Wouldn't you be tempted to try it...just once? What happens if it releases uncontrollable rage and makes you a killer? ... $8.00
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