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"Joseph Payne Brennan is one of the most effective writers in the horror genre, and he is certainly one of the writers I have patterned my own career upon," declared Stephen King. "In fact," he added, "The Shapes of Midnight could serve as an exercise-book for the young writer who aspires to pen and publish his or her own weird tales." A poet as well as a writer of horror fiction, Brennan worked at Yale's Sterling Memorial Library as an acquisitions assistant for over 40 years. He wrote hundreds of stories for Weird Tales and other pulp magazines. This new edition of his increasingly rare compilation, The Shapes of Midnight, presents 10 of his best stories. Selections include "Diary of a Werewolf," a first-person account of bloody sprees; "The Corpse of Charlie Rull," recounting the rampage of a radioactive zombie; "The Pavilion," which unfolds at an abandoned seaside haunt with something ghastly beneath its pilings; "House of Memory," a wistful look at the past's imaginative grip; "The Willow Platform," featuring the machinations of a self-styled warlock; and other chillingly memorable tales.
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Acclaimed by Stephen King as "a master of the unashamed horror tale," Joseph Payne Brennan wrote hundreds of tales of terror, suspense, and fantasy. Collectors and fans will delight in this inexpensive reissue of Brennan's hard-to-find classic, Nine Horrors and a Dream. This collection, originally published by Arkham House in 1958, features stories published by Weird Tales and other pulp magazines of the 1950s — including the much-anthologized "Slime," which inspired the ever-popular thriller The Blob. Less familiar but equally gripping tales include "Levitation," in which a carnival-goer has an unfortunate encounter with a hypnotist; "The Calamander Chest," the story of a low-priced antiq...
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Stories involving the exploits of Brennan's character "Lucius Leffing."
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In "The Book of Jade," David Park Barnitz crafts a strikingly modernist collection of poems that eloquently intertwine themes of beauty, transience, and spiritual contemplation. Influenced by the Symbolist movement, Barnitz employs vivid imagery and rich symbolism to explore the complexities of human experience and the nature of existence. The poems reflect a yearning for transcendence, using the jade stone as a metaphor for the resolve and endurance found in life'Äôs fleeting moments. The lyrical quality of the work showcases Barnitz's adeptness in manipulating language and form, inviting readers to delve deeper into the philosophical underpinnings of his artistry. David Park Barnitz, an ...