Nine Horrors and a Dream (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486834191)

Acclaimed by Stephen King as a master of the unashamed horror tale, Joseph Payne Brennan wrote hundreds of tales of terror, suspense, and fantasy. Collectors and fans will delight in this inexpensive reissue of Brennan's hard-to-find classic, Nine Horrors and a Dream. This collection, originally published by Arkham House in 1958, features stories published by Weird Tales and other pulp magazines of the 1950s -- including the much-anthologized Slime, which inspired the ever-popular thriller The Blob.
Less familiar but equally gripping tales include Levitation, in which a carnival-goer has an unfortunate encounter with a hypnotist; The Calamander Chest, the story of a low-priced antique that turns out to be no bargain; Death in Peru, involving a lethal curse; the darkly humorous On the Elevator; and The Green Parrot, which recounts a Good Samaritan's bad timing. Other selections include Canavan's Back Yard, featuring a property with a gruesome history; I'm Murdering Mr. Massington, which tells of a bizarre grasp at immortality; The Hunt, a playfully creepy yarn about an obsessive chase; and The Mail for Juniper Hill, in which a tipsy but determined postman refuses to let anything -- even death -- keep him from his appointed rounds.

Author: Joseph Payne Brennan
ISBN-10: 0486834190
ISBN-13: 9780486834191
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 06/12/2019
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.80h x 4.90w x 0.40d