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"Let us hear more of David Case, and not only reprints! The field needs more from the author of 'The Hunter', a modern classic worthy to stand beside 'The Most Dangerous Game'."-----Ramsey Campbell
More than a decade after his previous collection appeared, here is a new volume of David Case's macabre and sardonic stories that is destined to stand alongside his earlier three compilations of superlative dark fiction.
Taking its title from his World Fantasy Award-nominated zombie apocalypse story set in the Florida Keys, this new volume contains three further uncollected tales, along with an original
conte cruel and two major novellas original to this volume. As a special bonus, the deluxe signed edition contains an additional two stories which are variant drafts.
In these powerful narratives of psycho-sexual torture and vengeance, a husband reveals how he let his wife suffer a horrible fate . . . an ominous mound and a pile of women's clothes are the only clues to an amnesiac's past . . . an explorer discovers that his captor's have only a limited menu . . . the loss of a soldier's family leads to a terrible revenge . . . and we learn the surprising origin of one of the most famous creatures in the pantheon of monsters . . .
Edited by multiple award-winning editor Stephen Jones, who also supplies the personal Introduction,
Pelican Cay and Other Disquieting Tales reveals an author who is still at the peak of his literary prowess and not afraid to push the boundaries of fantastic fiction . . .
DAVID F. CASE was born in upstate New York in 1937. Since the early 1960s he has lived in London, as well as spending time in Greece and Spain. His acclaimed collection
The Cell: Three Tales of Horror appeared in 1969, and it was followed by the novels
Fengriffen: A Chilling Tale, Wolf Tracks and
The Third Grave. More recently, a new collection entitled
Brotherly Love and Other Tales of Trust and Knowledge was published by Pumpkin Books. A regular contributor to the legendary Pan Book of Horror Stories during the early 1970s, his powerful novella 'Pelican Cay' in
Dark Terrors 5 was nominated for a World Fantasy Award in 2001.
STEPHEN JONES lives in London, England. He is the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards and four Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards, as well as being a Hugo Award nominee and a twenty-time recipient of the British Fantasy Award. One of Britain's most acclaimed horror and dark fantasy writers and editors, he has more than 100 books to his credit, including
Coraline: A Visual Companion, Creepshows: The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Guide, The Essential Monster Movie Guide and the annual
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror series. You can visit his web site at: www.stephenjoneseditor.com