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Priestley (1894-1984) was a versatile and prolific novelist and playwright, but in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003eThe Other Place\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e (1953) he shows an unexpected talent, proving himself a master of the weird tale. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003eIn \"The Grey Ones,\" a man visits a psychiatrist after he becomes convinced that a group of demons masquerading as people are plotting the overthrow of the human race . . . but what if he's not insane? In \"Guest of Honour,\" a banquet speech becomes a horrifying affair when the keynote speaker realizes his audience is made up of monstrous and menacing creatures. \"The Leadington Incident\" recounts the disturbing experience of a Cabinet minister who suddenly perceives that though the people around him move and talk as though alive, they are all actually just animated corpses or sleepwalking zombies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003eThe nine tales in this collection are strange, fantastic, and often unsettling, and they represent Priestley at his best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"width: 100%; clear: both; visibility: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"styled-hr\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"wsite-content-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8d2424;\" color=\"#8d2424\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\" size=\"5\"\u003ereviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e“These stories say something meaningful, as well as relate an anecdote. They are not only examples of narrative skill, but exhibitions of social truth.” - \u003cem\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Priestley is one of the finest and most popular storytellers of the last hundred years. We are now aware many of his stories have a prophetic quality.” - Dame Margaret Drabble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[H]ighly readable and provocative.” - \u003cem\u003eSunday Herald\u003c\/em\u003e (Sydney)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Classic high camp.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e– Books and Bookmen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“First published in 1953, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Other Place \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecaptures this period of anxiety and menace. . . . These stories show Priestley’s skill at depicting ordinary people in everyday settings while also putting them into uncanny situations, . . . leaving the reader with the worry that something alarming is on the way, or a yearning sense of having encountered – however briefly – something wonderful. And in all cases extraordinary.” – John Howard, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWormwood, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eMay 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35428441391265,"sku":"VALANCOURT_PRIESTLEY-OTHERPLACE","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0367\/4406\/9251\/products\/valancourt_theotherplace-priestley.jpg?v=1596317831"},{"product_id":"the-travelling-grave-other-stories-by-l-p-hartley","title":"The Travelling Grave \u0026 Other Stories by L.P. Hartley","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003eTrade paperback format.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eThough best known for his classic novel of Edwardian childhood \u003cem\u003eThe Go-Between\u003c\/em\u003e, L. P. Hartley was also a master of supernatural and macabre fiction, the best of which is collected in \u003cem\u003eThe Travelling Grave and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume demonstrates Hartley’s versatility, ranging from traditional ghost stories like ‘Feet Foremost’ and ‘The Cotillon’ to the wickedly black humour of the horror masterpieces ‘The Travelling Grave’ and ‘The Killing Bottle’. Originally published in 1948 and long out of print, this collection features twelve of Hartley’s finest tales, presented in this edition with a new introduction by John Howard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"width: 100%; clear: both; visibility: hidden;\"\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35484764504225,"sku":"VALANCOURT_TRAVELLING-GRAVE_HARTLEY","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0367\/4406\/9251\/products\/valancourt_hartley-travellinggrave.jpg?v=1596554476"},{"product_id":"the-hunger-and-other-sotires-by-charles-beaumont","title":"The Hunger and Other Stories by Charles Beaumont","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003eTrade paperback format.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eWith a new introduction by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: large;\" size=\"4\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eBernice M. Murphy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eThe Hunger and Other Stories \u003c\/em\u003e(1957) appeared, it heralded the arrival of Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) as an important and highly original new voice in American fiction. Although he is best known today for his television and film scripts, including several classic episodes of \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e, Beaumont is being rediscovered as a master of weird tales, and this, his first published collection, contains some of his best. Ranging in tone from the chilling Gothic horror of “Miss Gentilbelle,” where an insane mother dresses her son up as a girl and slaughters his pets, to deliciously dark humor in tales like “Open House” and “The Infernal Bouillabaisse,” where murderers’ plans go disastrously awry, these seventeen stories demonstrate Beaumont’s remarkable talent and versatility. This new edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Hunger and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, the first in more than fifty years, includes a new introduction by Dr. Bernice M. Murphy, who argues for reconsideration of Beaumont alongside the other greats of the genre, including Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, and Richard Matheson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"width: 100%; clear: both; visibility: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"styled-hr\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"wsite-content-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8d2424;\" color=\"#8d2424\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\" size=\"5\"\u003ereviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e“A memorable first book of fiction, one which belongs on any shelf of the best contemporary weird tales.” - August Derleth, \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e“[E]xtraordinary . . . gives Mr. Beaumont undeniable stature as an artist.” - \u003cem\u003eN. Y. Herald Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Charles Beaumont was a genius . . . and one hell of a storyteller.” - Dean R. Koontz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The name of Charles Beaumont will be honored and recognized for generations yet to come.” - Robert Bloch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35515668594849,"sku":"VALANCOURT_HUNGER-BEAUMONT","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0367\/4406\/9251\/products\/valancourt_hunger-beaumont.jpg?v=1596679800"},{"product_id":"night-pieces-by-thomas-burke","title":"Night Pieces by Thomas Burke","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003eTrade paperback format.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003ePerhaps no writer of the early 20th century had a better knowledge of London than Thomas Burke (1886-1945), and his collection \u003cem\u003eNight-Pieces\u003c\/em\u003e (1935) contains eighteen of his most haunting tales of that immense city’s dark back alleys, shadowy courts, and mysterious houses. In Burke’s London, anything might happen. You might turn round a corner and find yourself back in your childhood. A casual drink with a stranger might end with you—quite literally—losing your head. That pale, slightly sinister-looking man sitting across the restaurant might be a murdered corpse, returned from the dead. And those footsteps you hear following you as you walk along a foggy street, faintly lit by gaslight . . . well, let’s just say you had better not look behind you . . .\u003cbr\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eA groundbreaking and undeservedly neglected volume, \u003cem\u003eNight-Pieces \u003c\/em\u003econtains a wide variety of weird and outré tales, ranging from stories of crime and murder to tales of ghosts, zombies, and the supernatural. This is the first reprint of Burke’s collection since its original publication and reproduces the jacket art of the first British edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"width: 100%; clear: both; visibility: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"styled-hr\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"wsite-content-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8d2424;\" color=\"#8d2424\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\" size=\"5\"\u003ereviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e“An artist for whom I have always entertained a great admiration ... 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F. Norris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eAs a scriptwriter for the BBC, John Keir Cross (1914-1967) adapted classic horror tales by masters like M. R. James, Bram Stoker, and Ambrose Bierce into chilling radio programs. And with the eighteen stories in his collection\u003cem\u003e The Other Passenger\u003c\/em\u003e (1944), Keir Cross demonstrates that he deserves a place alongside those authors as a writer of highly original and effective macabre tales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a wide range of themes and styles, ranging from traditional ghost stories to contes cruels, black humor, tales of dark fantasy and surreal nightmare, and perhaps the best story about a ventriloquist and his dummy ever written, there are stories here to suit the tastes of any connoisseur of horror and weird fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first unabridged edition of Keir Cross’s landmark collection in over 70 years includes a new introduction by J. F. Norris.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"width: 100%; clear: both; visibility: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"styled-hr\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"wsite-content-title\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8d2424;\" color=\"#8d2424\"\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e“It offers an original twist of horror that will leave its mark.” - \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSaturday\u003c\/span\u003e Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Among the annals of weird fiction one of the most sought after volumes.” - Michael Ashley, \u003cem\u003eWho’s Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sustained atmosphere, versatile forms and dramatic effects . . . the unusual ending is generally a surprise . . . haunting.” - \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35516035268769,"sku":"VALANCOURT_OTHERPASSENGER-CROSS","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0367\/4406\/9251\/products\/valancourt_otherpassenger.jpg?v=1596681843"},{"product_id":"nightshade-damnations-by-gerald-kersh","title":"Nightshade \u0026 Damnations by Gerald Kersh","description":"\u003cp class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eTrade paperback format.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eWith an introduction by Harlan Ellison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: large; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eAn expedition in South America uncovers a terrifying race of men without bones who literally suck the life out of their prey. A man in 20th century London makes a horrifying discovery about a monster found off the coast of Brighton in 1745. A sea captain goes ashore on a deserted island and finds what seem to be the bones of a previously unknown species of monster, only to learn that the bones tell a much more tragic tale than he could ever have imagined. A war correspondent, none other than Kersh himself, is sailing to America when he meets a strange man who claims to be 438 years old. These are the plots of just a few of the weird tales you will find in this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald Kersh (1911-1968) was a brilliant and inventive writer acclaimed in his time for his gritty novels of London life and his often bizarre short fiction, but he has unfortunately become neglected since his death. This volume includes an introduction by award-winning science fiction author Harlan Ellison, who also selected the eleven stories that appear in this collection and which represent the very best of Kersh's short fiction. Includes: “The Queen of Pig Island”, “Frozen Beauty”, “The Brighton Monster”, “Men Without Bones”, “Busto Is a Ghost, Too Mean to Give Us a Fright!”, “The Ape and the Mystery”, “The King Who Collected Clocks”, “Bone for Debunkers”, “A Lucky Day for the Boar”, “Voices in the Dust of Annan”, “Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"width: 100%; clear: both; visibility: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"styled-hr\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"wsite-content-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8d2424;\" color=\"#8d2424\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\" size=\"5\"\u003ereviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e“No mortal can write this well.” – Harlan Ellison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kersh has a strange, perverted sense of genius. And how he can write.” – Virginia Kirkus          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gerald Kersh had a wild imagination matched by a vivid, near-hallucinatory style. Many of his concepts are so original that they blur the distinction between fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and horror, but the cumulative impact of his short stories is horrific in the extreme.” – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003ePenguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e“Nightshade and Damnations is a perfect introduction to Kersh’s world, a selection of eleven short stories originally issued in the late 1960s. … All of them are bizarre, macabre and indecently enjoyable entertainments.” – David Collard, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f; font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35516222865569,"sku":"VALANCOURT_NIGHTSHADE\u0026D-KERSH","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0367\/4406\/9251\/products\/valancourt_nightshade_damnations-kersh.jpg?v=1596682934"},{"product_id":"on-an-odd-note-by-gerald-kersh","title":"On an Odd Note by Gerald Kersh","description":"\u003cp class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eTrade paperback format.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\" size=\"4\"\u003eWith an introduction by Nick Mamatas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: large; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003eThe discovery of piles of bones seeming to belong to a previously unknown species of monster will help to unfold a macabre and grisly tale. – A lady is found dead in her bed, the apparent victim of a murder the coroner proves could not possibly have occurred. – A merman found by fishermen off the coast of Brighton in 1745 will reveal the truth behind one of the most terrible events of the 20th century. – A desperate man makes an ill-advised bargain with a man in black – An extraordinarily horrible dummy exercises a frightful control over his terrified ventriloquist – A condemned murderer lives again through the eyes of an innocent child . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e These are the plots of just a few of the brilliant tales you will find in this volume as you enter the bizarre world of master storyteller Gerald Kersh. With a focus on Kersh's science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories, \u003cem\u003eOn an Odd Note\u003c\/em\u003e (1958) contains thirteen of his best. This first-ever reprint features a new introduction by Nick Mamatas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Contains the following stories: Seed of Destruction, Frozen Beauty, Reflections in a Tablespoon, The Crewel Needle, The Sympathetic Souse, The Queen of Pig Island, Prophet Without Honor, The Beggars’ Stone, The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy, The Brighton Monster, Fantasy of a Hunted Man, The Gentleman All in Black, and The Eye.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"width: 100%; clear: both; visibility: hidden;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"styled-hr\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"height: 0px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"wsite-content-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #8d2424;\" color=\"#8d2424\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\" size=\"5\"\u003ereviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3f3f3f;\" color=\"#3f3f3f\"\u003e“Gerald Kersh had a wild imagination matched by a vivid, near-hallucinatory style. 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From the mind of Mark LaFlamme, this is a box filled with things from which most will hide.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAnd it's all yours.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eMark LaFlamme is a crime reporter and columnist at the Sun Journal. He is the author of the novels \"The Pink Room,\" \"Vegetation,\" \"Asterisk: REd Sox 2089\" and \"Dirt: An American Campaign,\" as well as the short story collection \"Box of Lies.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen Hand Bookshop's review (2011):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis review is really, really late in coming, because I wanted to do it up right, and I didn’t want to skimp on it. Chances are you wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t told you, because chances are you haven’t heard of the book, \u003ci\u003eBox of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, even though it’s been out a full year as I write this. You may not have even heard of the author, Mark LaFlamme, unless you live in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Why this is, I can’t explain. LaFlamme has been steadily writing and releasing excellent horror and weird fiction books since 2005, and each one has had a slightly different but equally captivating overall character. I’ve liked and admired every single one of his books I’ve read, and that’s most of them. Why one of the big publishers hasn’t picked up his contract is beyond me.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e LaFlamme was born in Waterville, Maine, and continues to live here with the rest of us loonies. Clearly this has affected his brain, and has fertilized his imagination to an ungodly level. As if that wasn’t enough, for the last 17 years or so he has been writing the \u003ci\u003eLewiston Daily Sun\u003c\/i\u003e’s crime beat, and has been the author of their “Street Talk” column for many years. 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In \"Table for One,\" LaFlamme turns the fancies of the paranoid mind of the restaurant diner into solid worse-than-you-could-imagine reality. In \"Pepper,\" a visiting alien finds out what makes Earthmen tick. In \"The Bender Argument,\" LaFlamme gives us a scenario that posits what you might get if you like philosophy a little TOO much, a story which would make one hell of a nightmare movie, a perfect Twilight Zone episode, and would make Philip K. Dick himself proud.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Those of us who spend time musing about the unknown histories of our local street people may notice that LaFlamme has the talent to transmute these blanks into new stories, such as Elsy in \"Find a Penny,\" wherein we find out what happens when you can’t tell a bad penny from a good one until its spell is woven in intractable time. Others of us who wonder what happens in communities after the press is done reporting on the latest icy winter sport fatalities will find out perhaps more than we wanted to know in \"Bone Lake,\" where the search goes on for the dead that have left land for the cold dark waters.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The 28 stories in \u003ci\u003eBox of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e vary in size from 5 pages to 31 pages in length, which gives a wonderfully varied pace to the collection, and subject matter ranges from the graphically horrific to the futuristically normal, which reminds me of some of my favorite horror\/weird fiction authors’ collections, like Ray Bradbury and Stephen King. But when I asked him if he prefers writing scifi or horror, LaFlamme answered, “I'm constantly telling people that I don't write either. I don't set out to write horror or science fiction. It's just that my characters tend to do things that are: A) horrifying, or B) in defiance of known physical laws. I like to think of myself as a perfectly normal writer whose characters misbehave. I even tried to write a romance once. The heroine ended up dead, hacked into a dozen pieces and shipped to Venus. Not really. But that sounds pretty good. 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