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New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1981.. Hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Book club edition. A horror novel by the author of "The Amityville Horror" - a story of a house that mysteriously appears near any city and exerts a powerful, frightening, demonic influence on any who are nearby. 189 pp. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon.

New York:: Thomas Dunne Books / St Martin's Press, , (2013). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (hint of toning to the pages, small dot to bottom edge).. First printing. The second book in an award-winning new adventure-horror series by a former US Army Intelligence officer. "When a Senator's daughter is kidnapped by a mysterious group with ties to the supernatural . . . it's clearly a job for SEAL TEAM 666." SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1978). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine jacket (slight spine slant). First printing. The first (and only) novel by this award-winning playwright and screenwriter, the story of a young scientist's experiment with sensory deprivation - "entombed in an isolation tank and fed with a powerful hallucinogenic drug in an attempt to find the origins of consciousness." Basis for the 1980 film directed by Ken Russell and starring William Hurt in his first movie. 184 pp.

New York:: Crown,, (2010). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A bio-technological thriller, originally released in 2005-6 in an early version as an audiobook podcast, and then as a small press novel - "a tale of genetic experimentation's worst nightmare come true. . . On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create humankinds common ancestor. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, and with no chance of transplant rejection." 421 pp.

Wellingborough, UK:: The Aquarius Press,, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Includes "letters to his friends A.E.Waite, Colin Summerford, and John Gawsworth, and to fellow authors and publishers, [which] illuminate Machen's courageous struggles against poverty and adversity, while reflecting his lifelong preoccupations with literature, the occult, the Christian faith, and Celtic myth." Foreword by Hillary Machen. Chronology. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and other photographs. Select bibliography. 256 pp.

New York:: Bantam,, (2015). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy). An uncommon advance issue. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A dark novel of literary suspense by one of the masters of the genre, the story of a girl who said no to death. "Bibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young woman whose doctor says she has one year to live. She replies, We ll see. Her sudden recovery astonishes medical science. An enigmatic woman convinces Bibi that she escaped death so that she can save someone else. Someone named Ashley Bell. But save her from what, from whom? And who is Ashley Bell? " 560 pp.

New York:: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates,, (2008.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "The epic story that began with 'The Fury' reaches its electrifying conclusion, as unsuspecting worlds merge on the cusp of an age of darkness - a force only one woman, across a vast span of time and space, can stop." 350 pp.

New York:: McGraw-Hill,, 1988.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First trade edition. A collection of revealing interviews with Stephen King that lays bare the inner workings of his teeming imagination. 211 pp.

New York:: Doubleday,, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Anthology collecting 13 stories of dark fantasy and "quiet horror" from the first ten years of "Shadows," including two which won the World Fantasy Award ("The Gorgon" by Tanith Lee and "Naples" by Avram Davidson), Introduction by Grant, and stories by Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Lisa Tuttle, Marc Laidlaw, Steve Rasnic Tem, David Morrell, Nancy Holder, Alan Ryan, Leigh Kennedy and Al Sarrantino. Appendices list contents of "Shadows" by author and by volume. xiv, 219 pp.

New York:: Morrow,, (2010). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (different cover art than the final trade edition - a rather uncommon advance issue, especially signed - even Moore commented that he had not seen this before). Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) "The undead rise again in this third farcical vampire love story" SIGNED on the title page. 330 pp.

New York:: Morrow,, (2010). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "The undead rise again in this third farcical vampire love story" SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp.

New York:: Villard,, (1989.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.(prev owner's name). First printing. The author's epic second novel - Set in early 18th century England, told in the form of testimony given by an imprisoned witch - Alba is a beautiful 'white witch' who can pass as human, but unless she reveals all the secrets of her race, she will become a 'black body' - burned to death. 517 pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (2010.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. Set on the American frontier, this novel which interweaves historical drama - from the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876 to Roosevelt's visit in 1936 to dedicate the Jefferson face at Mount Rushmore - with supernatural suspense. 486 pp.

New York:: William Morrow,, 1982.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (glue remnants under dj flaps). First printing. The author's third novel - an occult thriller which begins at the Minuteman Missile Control Center under the prairies of South Dakata. 298 pp.

New York:: Pocket Books,, (2009.). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. "As far as Gabriel Bleak is concerned, talking to the dead is just another way of making a living. It gives him the competitive edge to survive as a bounty hunter, or 'skip tracer.' in the psychic minefield known as New York City. Unfortunately, his gift also makes him a prime target." INSCRIBED on the title page. 370 pp.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2001. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. The great vampire Marius -once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome - returns. 471 pp.

Los Angeles:: The Scream Press, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Collection of thirteen dark fantasy and "wildly original horror stories" by this award-winning author. Six full-page illustrations by J. K. Potter. Illustrated endpapers. 216 pp.

New York:: Night Shade Books,, (2015). Very near fine in glossy illustrated black wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (issued as a trade paperback original ) Collects 25 vampire stories by Nalo Hopkinson, Charlaine Harris, Elizabeth Bear, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Caitlin Kiernan, Tanith Lee, Angela Slater, Pat Cadigan and others, selected and with an introduction by Paula Guran. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Elizabeth Bear, Pat Cadigan and Catherynne Valente. 475 pp.

Stanford, CA:: Longmeadow Press, , (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An unusual vampire tale set in contemporary New York City where Marshall Madison, a vampire, is caught by his wife Deborah attempting to turn their son Thaddie into a vampire also. A series of events leads to Deborah's suicide, Marshall's disappearance, Thaddie's move to foster parents and his sister Caroline's adoption by Brooklyn taxi driver Jake Spencer and his wife - but Marshall is determined to be reunited with his children and will kill anyone who stands in his way. 270 pp.

New York:: Avon,, 1990.. Just about fine (rem line, no creasing, appears unread.). 1st trade paperback printing. Author's wonderful third novel, which was praised by such diverse writers as Stephen King ('a gorgeous, frightening, imaginative, loving, unsettling, funny, gruesome, thought-provoking novel'), Pat Conroy ('I think he's an absolute original, a novelist of rare and terrifying power') and Stanislaw Lem ('amazing, perplexing and unforgettable.') .