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Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Retrospective collection of twenty-five short stories and novellas, all but nine originally published in small press magazines, such as NIGHT CRY and THE HORROR SHOW, between 1985 and 1997. EWERTON DEATH TRIP contains all of Morlan's short fiction set in Ewerton, Wisconsin, the fictional setting of her two novels THE AMULET and DARK JOURNEY, both published in 1991. While some of Morlan's earliest writing is unpolished and awkward in its execution, primarily because her stories are often told entirely from the perspective of uneducated, lower-class characters, all her work remains uniquely unsettling. 'Simon Says' is a horrific tale of a sadistic adolescent terrorizing his younger brother while their parents are away from home, and 'Garbage Day Comes to Ewerton' recounts a poverty-stricken couple's asphyxiation of their six-year-old daughter because the only housing they can afford doesn't allow children. The visceral horror of such early writing is juxtaposed to the more ambiguous terrors of Morlan's later work, particularly 'Hunger' and 'River of Glass, Mirror of Water,' beautifully written, highly sophisticated, moving stories. Morlan's afterword provides keen and often painful insights into the relationship between her life in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, and her fiction." - Boyd White. 'Whatever its sources . all Morlan's fiction is genuinely discomfiting in a fashion that many horror writers attempt but few achieve." - Brian Stableford, Pringle (ed), The St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, p. 416. Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#160944).

Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition, first printing with number line ending with "1." "Anna Sudek, a college-educated twenty-nine-year old who survives by dumpster diving and working in a launderette, attempts to unravel the mystery of her family's troubled history while stopping a series of grisly murders committed by her grandmother, Lucy Miner, who possesses an ancient Egyptian amulet that allows her to shape-shift. The supernatural elements of the novel are not nearly as convincing or horrific as Morlan's detailed depiction of the small town of Ewerton, Wisconsin, an economically depressed rural backwater whose citizens are locked into a never-ending cycle of alcoholism, domestic violence, sexual abuse, bigotry, and ignorance. While Morlan clearly has a deep sympathy for people forced to live on the margins of society, her attitude towards the pain and suffering such individuals often knowingly perpetuate, as well as towards the socioeconomic forces that mire Ewerton in such despair, is bitter and eviscerating. Told from multiple perspectives reminiscent of William Faulkner's AS I LAY DYING, THE AMULET is a flawed but highly ambitious novel that deserves wider attention." - Boyd White. "The novel amply confirmed the promise of Morlan's short fiction and demonstrated that -- unlike many other writers of finely crafted short stories -- she could extend the sensibility of her work into a sustained narrative crescendo." - Brian Stableford, Pringle (ed), The St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, p. 416. The author's first novel to be published, but DARK JOURNEY (1991) was written before THE AMULET. A fine copy. (#161611).

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. ROD0004073: Non daté. In-12. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Rousseurs. 408 pp. - Ouvrage en allemand - Titre doré, 1er plat doré avec muse et sa lyre décorant le plat, tranches dorées - 1 PHOTO DISPONIBLE. . . . Classification Dewey : 430-Langues germaniques. Allemand.