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A collection of short horror stories features the work of Peter Atkins, Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Peter Straub, Karl Edward Wagner, and others. ... Read more

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GOOD SHORT STORIES

3 stories by Stephen King: "The Reploids","Sneakers" and "Dedication".

3 stories by DanSimmons: "Metastasis", "Vanni Fucci is Alive and Well andLiving in Hell" and "Iverson's Pits".

1 story by GeorgeR. R. Martin: "The Skin Trade".

While the stories by King andSimmons are more or less short, the story by Martin is long, taking upalmost half of the volume.

The only (almost) original story is"Metastasis" by Simmons, where a medical experiment lets a mansee strange violet creatures (usually invisible) feeding on human beingslike vampire slugs, causing cancer.

"Sneakers" is a ghoststory, while "Dedication" is about urban witchcraft and "TheSkin Trade" is a story about werewolves and investigation. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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Original text and modernisation facing each other.Verse.

London : printed for R. Dodsley, J. Newberry, and Lockyer Davis, 1754. iv,19,[5]p. ; 4° ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Douglas E. Winter, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 2435 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Dominic Corvino covert assassin, the CIA s top "wet work" specialist.
Nick Packard a rookie cop about to undergo his baptism of fire on the Washington DC mean streets. Two different men whose destinies are about to collide as Armageddon unfolds... When a routine hit on a pair of rogue DEA agents goes horribly wrong in Panama, Corvino discovers not only has his team been betrayed from within, but he, too, is marked for death. For Packard, his first day on the job rapidly descends into Hell on Earth when a domestic disturbance turns into a blood-soaked nightmare. As a plague sweeps across the globe, turning normally non-lethal diseases fatal, the dead begin to revive. Violence-crazed and hungry for flesh, they are everywhere. And as their troops increase in size and appetite a new order is steadily established from coast to coast... A new order that leaves no room for the living. ... Read more

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An edge of your seat thriller!
A special ops team in Panama, who are on assignment against a cocaine cartel, have their mission go terribly wrong and many of them die. Corvino, the leader of the team is shot and killed by a shiftless team member. The situation seems bad, but then it gets worse.

Corvino doesn't stay dead, due to the radiation form a comet called Saracen, he is becomes the walking dead. While world soon gets over populated with these Ravenous and unstoppable meat eaters. Corvino is a rare type of walking dead that can think, so he battles his natural "zombie" instincts while seeking revenge.

Philip Nutman is not afraid to tell this story in raw and gory detail. This book is not the usual horror or tired old Zombie novel. He holds nothing back. His readers are witnesses to uncensored sexuality and intense scenes of violence, written in such graphic detail that they may actually wince at some of the things you "see". It is like looking at a terrible accident, you can't stand to look but you can't turn away.

Philip really knows how to write a suspenseful scene. I have read many horror novels and seen hundreds of horror movies but this is the first book I have ever read, that had my heart beating in suspense and pulled me so deeply into the story. I was physically scared, of what was going to happen to a character at times, while I was reading it.

I have not found many "horror" novels out there anymore than do more than just engage me in a good read. This one is one of the best I have read in more than a decade. His scene and character detail, paint such a realistic picture that you get absorbed into the story, sometimes you forget you are reading a book.

His book will pull you in, and keep you on the edge of your seat while reading. There is enough action for adventure fans and enough suspense and gore to keep any hard core horror reader satisfied.

Zombie Armageddon
As Wet Work opens, Dominic Corvino, leader of Spiral, a crack U.S. Black Ops hit team, is in Panama City, Panama, preparing to initiate an operation against four members of the Cali Cartel, main suppliers of cocaine to the states.Assessing his situation, he once again takes notice of the spectacular show presented by the comet Saracen in the night sky.

Corvino doesn't know it yet, but his life is about to get very complicated.First, the operation goes awry, resulting in the deaths of his entire team.Later, he's shot dead by a traitorous colleague, only to rise again as a zombie due to the strange radiation generated by Saracen.He wakes up in a world where humanity is on the verge of extinction due to the presence of sentient zombies who, enjoying near invulnerability, are rounding up those not affected for food.Corvino, one of the "lucky" zombies who can think for themselves, struggles with a gnawing hunger for human flesh even as he seeks vengeance against those who betrayed him.His vendetta against his ex-colleagues propels him towards a meeting with the book's other lead character, Washington DC policeman Nick Packard, an encounter sure to resonate with readers long after they finish the book.

It's always reassuring to find that a book you enjoyed many years ago still holds up upon a subsequent rereading, which I'm pleased to report is the case with Wet Work, Philip Nutman's accomplished 1993 debut novel.Written in homage to Richard Matheson's masterpiece I am Legend, the novel is still, as my friends from New England might say, a "wicked good" read--one of the more readable, well crafted and innovative splatterpunk novels of the era, its plentiful action and "pedal to the metal" approach to gore and violence would make it memorable even if you didn't care about its cast so much.My only problem with this whole project is that it raises the question, what's Nutman been doing for thirteen years that's kept him from delivering other novels?Yes, he's written some comics, and he's been involved in various film projects, but it's a shame he never got around to publishing another novel--it certainly would have been interesting to see what he did next. Hopefully, this welcome reissue will spur some activity in this area.
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Clive Barker: a modern myth-maker, explorer of our darkest instincts and ultimate fears, the writer who -- more than any other contemporary figure -- has shaped our nightmares through diverse media. Novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, artist and director, he is a master at twisting the mundane to make it fantastic, frightening and ultimately meaningful.

Readers expecting a tell-all biography will be disappointed. A good portion of The Dark Fantastic is devoted to summaries and assessments of Barker's creations in many media. However, Winter's critical examinations are interesting, sympathetic, and honest. The Dark Fantastic is a must for all Barker fans and all serious scholars of horror and the fantastic. --Cynthia Ward ... Read more

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thorough insight
a powerful, enlightening and elegant look inside the life of an amazing talent. Another one of my favorite biographies (that I've read in the last year) is Aldous Huxley, An English Intellectual, by Nicholas Murray - but this one on Clive Barker is phenomenal! I'm stunned by the exhaustive research and careful analysis that these highly gifted biographers bring to the table.

Winter is highly descriptive and brings revelation after revelation in vivid, intelligent detail. My only complaint would be that practically every rock is unturned in Barker's various works. This is great if you have read or seen them all; but if you are new to Barker, it pretty much gives a lot away! This complaint is overcome by the magnitude of such a monumental work as this. Winter is a true genius. The skilled writing is so entertaining that any sin is easily forgiven!

Artists who have left (and are leaving) such a profound influence are worthy of the infinite efforts of a truly grand investigator/author; and Mr. Barker got the expert treatment on this one, indeed.

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I took this book out from the library because I was in the mood to read non-fiction about fantastic fiction. I hadn't actually read any Barker, except for two false starts on Sacrament. I now intend to rectify that situation, as I've gone out and fetched myself a copy of Weaveworld and intend to get to it forthwith, followed by his other books. This is the best biography I've read (although that's a limited number) and certainly a fascinating look into an author I knew very little about beforehand. I wish Mr. Winter's look at King was as recent, because then it would be high on my list of priorities as well.

A fascinating read.
Reading about Clive Barker's polymathic inclinations, one recalls a scene from his book, The Great and Secret Show.In that tale, postal worker Randolph Jaffe, assigned to the dead letter room, unwittingly finds himself at a spiritual crossroads of America.Uncovering hidden truths by exploring the ramblings of the lost, the lonely, and the mad, Jaffe gets a glimpse of other worlds just under the surface of the "real" one.

Clive Barker has also glimpsed other worlds, but rather than driving him mad, these visions have compelled him to communicate what he has seen to others.This compulsion has led him to express himself in a multiplicity of media, including the sketches he drew as a child (and indeed, throughout his life), the plays he wrote in his twenties, the short stories he penned as he matured, the movies he directed, or even now, in the portraits he paints.It is this impulse that Douglas Winter, a polymath in his own right (lawyer, journalist, editor, author, book critic, public speaker), attempts to chronicle and explicate in The Dark Fantastic.

The book is arranged chronologically, following Barker from his early life in Liverpool, to his years on the London theatre scene, culminating in the present day, where we find him in Hollywood at work on his latest undertaking, the multimedia project known as The Abarat Quartet. Winter seems to have had unrestricted access to his subject and to those around him, as he cites knowledge gained from interviews with Barker and a plethora of Barker's family, friends, lovers, ex-lovers and business partners.Although Winter makes no claim of objectivity, he maintains a respectable distance from his subject, providing valuable insights into both the man and his work.Doing so, he makes a convincing case for Barker's inclusion in the pantheon of the leading creators of fantastic literature.

Perhaps the most important revelations are found near the end of the book, where Barker becomes more comfortable with his sexuality, finding true love with photographer David Armstrong.There also, he deals with the death of his father and his subsequent descent into depression.Barker's latest epiphany is the most fascinating, as he comes to realize that hundreds of paintings, seemingly created at random to combat his depression, all contained common themes, themes that eventually coalesced to form the basis of his Abarat Quartet project.The fact that he unconsciously worked his way towards mental health, even while breaking new barriers, is both inspirational and awe inspiring.

The book's upbeat �ending" (Barker's only fifty as of the publication date) bodes well for the future.Barker, it seems, will continue to receive messages from other realities, filtering them through his artistic sensibilities to make them more palatable to us lesser mortals.We, the audience, merely have to open our minds, experience his work, and learn. By allowing Barker to take us to other worlds, we can more easily absorb the lessons he has to teach us about our own.

the man and his art
I do not often read biographies, but since Clive Barker is one of my favorite authors and I enjoy his writing so much, I figured I would give this book a shot. First off, if this book were just about the life of Clive, it would be at probably only half as long. Winter uses much of the book as an in-depth critical analysis of Barker's fiction. At first I didn't like this method, and if you are not familiar with all of the works he discusses, the respective sections may not be as informative. However, as I read more and more of the book, it became clear that Winter was not only analyzing Barker's fiction, but Barker himself as well. At times this works wonderfully, shedding light not only on Barker as a writer and person, but on the process of creating art and literature. I learned a lot about writing and many times discovered things in his fiction that I had not seen before. Thus, if one was rereading Barker's works, Winter's book could be an insightful commentary. The only problem that I had with the book was that at some points if felt not like a biography but only a critical interpretation of certain pieces. The in-depth analysis of most pieces of Barker's work seemed a little overboard for a biography. Otherwise, this is a very well-written, insightful, and overall entertaining book. A must for any fan of Barker, fantastic fiction, or an interest in creativity in general, since Barker seems to leave very few creative endeavors unexplored. ... Read more

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Just down from Cambridge in the summer of 1937, Sally Marsden contemplates her future without enthusiasm. So many have assumed she will marry Hugh Jerrold it is, practically, an engagement. When Hugh returns from his diplomatic posting to China they will be married. But before submitting to the strictures of upper middle-class life, Sally embarks on one last adventure - travelling to China herself, where she will spend the winter.

The Sino-Japanese War begins shortly after Sally's arrival and a disastrous miscalculation separates her from Hugh and leaves her trapped in Nanking, one of two dozen Europeans and Americans to witness the capture and sack of the city by the Japanese Imperial Army. The experience is shared with Peter Moss, an American photo-journalist and friend of Hugh.

Bystanders in a racial war, Sally and Peter are thrust into the violence and surrealism of the modern world.

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Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint: 1838-1861, 3rd Edition
The book is an OK reference with basic information on the subject and quite pertinent. It seems that the surviving specimen estimates in my opinion are too low.An adder to the book could include history on general information on the surviving specimens (like seawater survivors as mentioned in Breen for 1843 dated $5 coins, etc.).

"Rarity Summary" tables allow at-a-glance information
Now in its third edition, Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint 1838-1861 is an in-depth collector's guide featuring full-color, close-up photographs of each gold coin created by the Charlotte Mint from 1838-1861. Updated with the latest mintage figures, rarity rankings, information about significant pieces known and auction records, Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint 1838-1861 is not only a "must-have" for serious collectors, but the perfect treasury for "armchair collectors" who love to look at and learn about rare coins, but don't want to spend a fortune to own them. "Rarity Summary" tables allow at-a-glance information in this commendable reference and resource.

Best Charlotte mint gold coin guide available. Excellent
A detailed description of every gold coin struck at the Charlotte Mint from 1838 to 1861. It's the most important reference book dedicated solely to coins minted at the Charlotte mint, from a numismatic, historical, and archeological point of view.
Very good numismatic reference book, douglas winter's best and most detailed catalog of the Charlotte mint. a must have. ... Read more