Horror
Charnel House, 1989. Signed first edition limited to 500 numbered copies; this is number 449; signed on colophon by author, as well as Dean Koontz and James Blaylock. Washed denim slipcase; book bound in washed denim; endpapers illustrated and signed by author; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
Dark Harvest, 1989. Deluxe first edition limited to 650 individually signed and numbered copies; this is copy 611. Dark green cloth slipcase; dust jacket protected; dark green patterned cloth; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
Arkham House, 1964. 1st edition; dust jacket protected; price not clipped; black cloth; binding good; text clean. G/G
--H. P. LOVECRAFT, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"
Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. His chilling mythology established a gateway between the known universe and an ancient dimension of otherworldly terror, whose unspeakable denizens and monstrous landscapes--dread Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, the Plateau of Leng, the Mountains of Madness--have earned him a permanent place in the history of the macabre.
In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition:
; ¸; The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: The slumbering monster-gods return to the world of mortals.
; ¸; Notebook Found in a Deserted House by Robert Bloch: A lone farmboy chronicles his last stand against a hungering backwoods evil.
; ¸; Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell: An avid reader of forbidden books finds a treasure trove of deadly volumes--available for a bloodcurdling price.
; ¸; The Freshman by Philip José Farmer: A student of the black arts receives an education in horror at notorious Miskatonic University.
PLUS EIGHTEEN MORE SPINE-TINGLING TALES!
Arkham House, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cloth covers; corners very slightly bent; slight staining to bottom of text near fore-edge. VG+
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1993. Deluxe slipcased edition limited to 500 signed copies of which this is 222. Signed by author and Arnie Fenner, who designed the cover and endpapers. Black cardboard slipcase with gold foil design and lettering on cover and spine; covers have minor scuffing; dust jacket protected; black cloth with red foil design and lettering on cover and spine; binding tight; text clean. VG/VG
Paul Tremblay's terrifying twist to the home invasion novel--inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures
"Tremblay's personal best. It's that good." -- Stephen King
Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road.
One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, "None of what's going to happen is your fault." Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: "Your dads won't want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world."
Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined. The Cabin at the End of the World is a masterpiece of terror and suspense from the fantastically fertile imagination of Paul Tremblay.
