The Universal and Other Terrors Signed Numbered Ltd Trade Paperback

Tony RICHARDS

ISBN 10: 193712889X / ISBN 13: 9781937128890

Published by Dark Renaissance Books, 2013

About this Item

This is a a signed numbered limited edition (100 copies only) with a stated "First Trade Paperback Edition".  Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.  Tiny crease across top right-hand corner of front cover which goes through to about page 71.  Book #18 of 100. SIGNED by Tony Richards on the limitation page.  SYNOPSIS: "What could be so bad about a golden Greek beach with scores of beautiful young people lying on it? Where could be the danger in a perfectly normal-looking southern English seaside town? Or an even more ordinary town out in the Nevada desert? An old, abandoned building on a rocky shore. what could be awful about that? Discover the truth behind the origins of Abraham van Helsing. Find out how a decrepit old man continues to attract beautiful young women. Learn about the real link between crows and the Grim Reaper. Travel a few decades into the future and see a fresh and modern Africa. and the menace that still lurks there. Here are twelve new stories, five of them previously unpublished and unique to this collection, that will open your eyes to the hidden terrors in the world around us. Read them at your peril." Packed weight 510gms.  IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Universal and Other Terrors Signed Numbered Ltd Trade Paperback
• Publisher: Dark Renaissance Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193712889X
• ISBN 13: 9781937128890
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: M. Wayne Miller
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Horror World has called Tony Richards "one of today's masters of dark fiction." Now's your chance to find out why. Because this 'tour guide to terror' is going to take you on a whistle-stop journey through the world's most frightening places. And the most alarming thing is that they look completely harmless till you get too close.
What could be so bad about a golden Greek beach with scores of beautiful young people lying on it? Where could be the danger in a perfectly normal-looking southern English seaside town? Or an even more ordinary town out in the Nevada desert? An old, abandoned building on a rocky shore ... what could be awful about that.
Discover the truth behind the origins of Abraham Van Helsing. Find out how a decrepit old man continues to attract beautiful young women. Learn about the real link between crows and the Grim Reaper. Travel a few decades into the future and see a fresh and modern Africa ...and the menace that still lurks there. Here are twelve new stories, five of them previously unpublished and unique to this collection, that will open your eyes to the hidden terrors in the world around us. Read them at your peril.

About the Author

Tony Richard's novels have been published by HarperCollins, Tor, Dark Regions Press, and Pan Macmillan, with his latest book Tropic of Darkness due out in 2013 from Simon and Schuster. His debut work The Harvest Bride made the short list for HWA Award for Best First Novel, and in 2008 his collection Going Back was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award. He has seen into print more than a hundred short stories with his tales appearing in Asimov's, Hitchcock's, F&SF,Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance, and many top anthologies including Best New Horror. Widely traveled, he often uses places he has visited as settings for his work. His fiction includes the Raine's Landing dark fantasy adventures, a group of stories set in the imaginary town of Birchiam-on-Sea on the south coast of England, and his Future Africa mysteries in Hitchcock's. Amongst his previous collections are Shadows and Other Tales, and Our Lady of Darkness, from Dark Regions Press.