One of the most important horror collections of modern times, back in print at last! Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994) has earned a reputation as one of the finest horror writers of the modern era, but his work has been out of print and nearly unobtainable for many years. -- Washington Post He knows exactly what he\'s doing; he\'s scary, entertaining, and knowledgeable.- - Peter Straub Wagner is a contemporary master.- - Philadelphia Inquirer. his tales of ancient evils working on the present are brilliantly modern.
Wagner is always a fascinating writer ...
This new edition includes all the stories from the original 1983 edition, plus an additional rare tale and the author\'s afterword from the Scream/Press limited edition, and features a new introduction by Ramsey Campbell.
His seminal volume In a Lonely Place collects eight of his best tales, including In the Pines, a classic ghost story evocatively set in the Tennessee woods, Beyond Any Measure, an original take on the vampire story, River of Night\'s Dreaming, a surreal and nightmarish masterpiece inspired by The King in Yellow , and the author\'s most famous tale, Sticks, a disturbing story thought by many to have been the basis for The Blair Witch Project .
One of the most important horror collections of modern times, back in print at last! Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994) has earned a reputation as one of the finest horror writers of the modern era, but his work has been out of print and nearly unobtainable for many years
