Bound for Evil
66 fantastic tales, both new and classic, by dozens of contributors including Ramsey Campbell and Fred Chappell, explore the sometimes deleterious effects of books. Illustrated by World Fantasy Award-winner Allen Koszowski.
From the publisher: A disillusioned journalist searches for a missing girl in a midnight world of illegal coffee dens and black market books.
An insomniac haunted by the death of his wife volunteers to take part in a bizarre research experiment.
A wealthy bibliophile hires a thief to recover a book that has the power to change literary history.
A bestselling writer confronts a menacing character from his past—the protagonist of his forgotten first novel.
A shortsighted engineer stumbles across a book that’s not supposed to actually exist—a book that will forever alter the face of the earth.
Just a few of the tales that await you in this mammoth anthology: 66 ingenious stories of lost knowledge and restless ghosts, secret libraries and forbidden texts, alternate worlds and ancient gods, by 59 acclaimed writers including Ramsey Campbell, Fred Chappell, H.P. Lovecraft, Jeffrey Thomas, Rhys Hughes, Gary McMahon, M.R. James, Lavie Tidhar, and Kurt Newton.
779 pages
English edition · First published 2008 by Dead Letter Press · ISBN 9780979633522
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