An artist is summoned to paint the portrait of sinister Mr. Finster
in a decaying mansion . . . A suburban couple is vexed by the
inveterate lawn-mowing of a ghost . . . In ice-bound Vermont, one
farmer's crop is suspiciously bountiful . . . A miniature nymph is
found swimming in an office water cooler . . . These are the
bizarre conceptions of Jonathan Thomas, a powerful new writer of
weird, horrific, and supernatural fiction who introduces himself to
the reading public with this rich and varied short story
collection. Thomas is, however, a practiced hand at terror-weaving,
and his work spans the spectrum from comic fantasy to psychological
suspense to science fiction. Unifying all his tales is a prose
style of singular fluency and grace, enlivened by keen observation
and mordant satire. "Jonathan Thomas has an enviably impressive
range-from the gentle to the gruesome, from science fiction through
fantasy to the spectral and horrific-but his wit is reliable, and
so is the clarity of his eye, and the precision of his prose. He's
an asset to all his fields."-Ramsey Campbell. "Thomas's dynamism in
plot-weaving and his pungently satirical prose testify to a
prodigious fund of creativity and a fine eye for observing the
little absurdities of life in the twenty-first century."-From S. T.
Joshi's Foreword.
General
| Imprint: |
Hippocampus Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2008 |
| First published: |
August 2008 |
| Authors: |
Jonathan Thomas
|
| Foreword by: |
S.T. Joshi
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-9793806-9-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Horror & ghost stories
|
| LSN: |
0-9793806-9-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780979380693 |
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