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A stage adaptation of short stories by award-winning fantasist
Harlan Ellison (including "Shatterday" and "Paladin of the Lost
Hour") written by playwright Robert Armin. Welcome to Harlan
Ellison's MORTAL DREADS: six extraordinary tales that tear through
the fabric of space and time and reveal the gaping hole which opens
onto Some Other Place... If you find these dark dreams troubling,
maybe it's because they're your dreams A weary traveler on the
Pacific Coast Highway seeks shelter from a torrential rain and
discovers a bizarre little bookshop where even the most casual
browser can find exactly what he or she is looking for. A young
man's late night hot dog run is interrupted by a stranger's
tragically comic discourse on love and loss. While attending a
literary cocktail party, a writer grudgingly strikes up a
conversation with a charming old man who may have an unexpected
impact on his life. A public relations hack is forced to confront
his own shabby existence in a life-altering telephone conversation
with himself. A bookstore saleswoman is confronted by an angry and
pugnacious writer who demands justice for the woebegone victims of
the New York Literary Establishment. A Vietnam vet rescues an old
man from a mugging and discovers the secret of a most unusual
pocket watch.
Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine
celebrates twenty years in genre publishing with his latest effort,
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. This anthology contains
fourteen nicely varied stories by some of the top names in genre
publishing and several new up-and-comers. Included are Harlan
Ellison, Mike Resnick, Barry B. Longyear, Kelly McCullough,
Shariann Lewitt, Tom Piccirilli, Trent Zelazny, Sharon Lee, Steve
Miller, and many others. The stories range from edgy cyberpunk to
urban fantasy, and they'll stay with you long after you've closed
the book. Explore what it means to be human and experience the
depth of despair and heights of joy that come along it. These
stories do not disappoint.-SF Scope
Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine
celebrates twenty years in genre publishing with his latest effort,
Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. This anthology contains
fourteen nicely varied stories by some of the top names in genre
publishing and several new up-and-comers. Included are Harlan
Ellison, Mike Resnick, Barry B. Longyear, Kelly McCullough,
Shariann Lewitt, Tom Piccirilli, Trent Zelazny, Sharon Lee, Steve
Miller, and many others. The stories range from edgy cyberpunk to
urban fantasy, and they'll stay with you long after you've closed
the book. Explore what it means to be human and experience the
depth of despair and heights of joy that come along it. These
stories do not disappoint.-SF Scope
Assembled here are Robert Bloch's best essays from fan-produced
magazines, including such classics as "The Seven Ages of Fan,"
"Through a Picture-Tube, Darkly," "The Demolished Fan," "Poe and
Me," "In Memoriam: Weird Tales," and "The Incredible Head-Shrinking
Man." Bloch's blend of wry humor, insight, awful puns, and verbal
play make the 46 essays and 3 poems in The Eighth Stage of Fandom
some of the most interesting and remarkable work in a career filled
with the interesting and remarkable.
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Cthulhu 2000 - Stories (Paperback)
Jim Turner; Harlan Ellison, Thomas Ligotti, Poppy Z. Brite, F. Paul Wilson
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In Cthulhu 2000, a host of horror and fantasy's top authors captures the spirit of supreme supernatural storyteller H. P. Lovecraft--with eighteen chilling contemporary tales that would have made the master proud.
- The Barrens by F. Paul Wilson: In a tangled wilderness, unearthly lights lead the way to a world no human was meant to see. - His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood by Poppy Z. Brite: Two dabblers in black magic encounter a maestro of evil enchantment. - On the Slab by Harlan Ellison: The corpse of a one-eyed giant brings untold fortune--and unspeakable fear--to whoever possesses it. - Pickman's Modem by Lawrence Watt-Evans: Horror is a keystroke away, when an ancient evil lurks in modern technology.
PLUS FOURTEEN MORE BLOOD-CURDLING STORIES
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