ISBN 0316903957. Hardback. First Printing. Signed by Editor and Five of the Authors on front free endpaper. Very Good to Near Fine condition book in a Very Good to Near Fine condition dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book.

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Title

Narrow Houses, Volume 1

Publisher

Little, Brown

Publication Date

1992

ISBN 10

0316903957

ISBN 13

9780316903950

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Dustjacket included

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Signed by Authors

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Horror

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Synopsis

A collection of 29 horror short stories based on the central theme of superstition. The contributors include Ray Bradbury, Ramsey Campbell, Richard T. Chizmar, Jonathan Carroll, Pat Cadigan, Nancy A. Collins, Pauline E. Dungate, Christopher Fowler, Stephen Gallagher and Ed Gorman.

From Publishers Weekly

Crowther cites a quaint description of coffins as "narrow houses for the dead" to illustrate the guiding concept behind this rather traditional anthology of horror stories. To Crowther, a coffin's cramped quarters evoke the fearful restrictions of a life ruled by superstition, best illustrated by Ramsey Campbell's "The Dead Must Die," which mines the mother lode of omens in the imagination of a born-again extremist. In his introduction, Douglas E. Winter discusses superstitions as "sublime metaphors" and "outlaw knowledge." Often, superstitions reflect interior realities, as in Jonathan Carroll's wonderfully unpredictable piece about storytelling and sudden revelations. "Little magic" triumphs over "bigger magic" in the form of a personal talisman in Ian Watson's quirky "The Tale of Peg and the Brain" and in a vengeful father's unusual interpretation of magic in Andrew Vachss's "Stone Magic." Robert Holdstock explores the sources and power of primal myths in a dark tale of transformative sea selkies. Ray Bradbury, Pat Cadigan, Brian Stableford and Ian McDonald also assure an impressive variety of superb fiction. Unfortunately, there are also a number of duds by the obligatory horror hacks who too often turn up to hex these theme anthologies.
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