OBSESSIONS [Signed]

Raisor, Gary [Editor]; Gerberding, Roger [Editor]; Koontz, Dean R. [Author]; Lansdale, Joe R. [Author]; Monteleone, Thomas F. [Author]; Shirley, John [Author]; Royle, Nicholas [Author]; Cupp, Scott A. [Author]; Wilson, F. Paul [Author]; Matheson, Richard Christian [Author]; Law, Bradley L. [Author]; Holder, Nancy [Author]; Henderson, C.J. [Author]; Vasey, Glen [Author]; Perkins, Lori [Author]; Williamson, Chet [Author]; Grant, Charles L. [Author]; Smith, David Wesley [Author]; Sarrantonio, Al [Author]; Hautala, Rick [Author]; Schweitzer, Darrell [Author]; Bryant, Edward [Author]; Anderson, Kevin J. [Author]; Morlan, A.R. [Author]; Massie, Elizabeth [Author]; Rusch, Kristine Kathryn [Author]; Kiriki Hoffman, Nina [Author]; Silva, David B. [A

ISBN 10: 0913165557 / ISBN 13: 9780913165553

Published by Dark Harvest, Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1991

About this Item

Octavo, 317 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket and a Very Good condition slip case. Spine is black with bright blue lettering. Slip case has a small crease along open end. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$21.95" on front flap, and has mild bumping wear to head fore corners. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine tail, tail joints, and mild denting to head joints. Signed flat by contributors on publisher's limitation page and front flyleaves. Shelved in Hardcover Sci-Fi. 1390325. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: OBSESSIONS [Signed]
• Publisher: Dark Harvest, Arlington Heights, Illinois
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913165557
• ISBN 13: 9780913165553
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition #398/500.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Dupont Circle

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Synopsis

Book by Raisor, Gary

Reviews

The 30 horror stories in this fine collection, all original save Dean R. Koontz's "The Interrogation," trace the connection between wholesome habits and over-the-edge compulsions. Some characters begin with good intentions but cannot control the dangerous urge to overdo. The natty homosexual, in Nicholas Royle's "Crispy Notes," cannot tolerate creases on anything, i.e., money, clothing or his new lover. His remedy creates considerably worse problems than untidiness. "In the Cold, Dark Time" by Joe R. Lansdale chronicles the hospital stay of a wounded soldier whose will to live revives because he can't bear to see the children who are victims of the war suffer for lack of the ultimate anesthetic. In Dan Simmons's "The Counselor," the terror of the young people is assuaged as the eponymous advisor dispenses justice to abusive parents, creating a phalanx of youthful allies in the process. Each of these effective tales illustrates the menace inherent in obsessive behaviors.
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