Glyphotech
Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Cover art by Jason Van Hollander.
The fourth in our series of PS Showcase mini-collections of short
stories from some of genre fiction's best up-and-coming writers.
In the introduction to this collection Ramsey Campbell states that the two modern masters of urban weirdness are Thomas Ligotti and Mark Samuels.
Inside this book you will find weird things indeed, not least the likes
of:
- The fungus-riddled mannequin in the lunatic asylum
- The reconstruction company that works with life and death
- The legal nightmare where the sane are guilty
- A horror writing convention taken over by black magic cannibals
- The Punch and Judy show broadcast live after death
- The strange fate of the reincarnation of H.P. Lovecraft
Contents:
- Introduction by Ramsey Campbell
- Glyphotech
- Sentinels
- Patient 704
- Shallaballah
- Ghoria
- Cesare Thodol: Some Lines Written on a Wall
- The Cannibal Kings of Horror
- "Destination Nihil" by Edmund Bertrand
- The Vanishing Point
- Regina vs. Zoskia
- A Gentleman from Mexico
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Mark Samuels
Mark Samuels is a London-based writer of horror and fantastic fiction in the tradition of Arthur Machen and H. P. Lovecraft. Born in 1967 in Clapham, South London, he was first published in 1988, and his short stories often focus on detailing a shadowy modern London in which the protagonists gradually discover a dark and terrifying reality behind the mundane urban world. His works have been praised by Thomas Ligotti and John Pelan amongst others. His debut collection was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award and his work has appeared several times in the annual anthology The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror.
PS Showcase
PS Showcase is a series of short story mini-collections from some of genre fiction's best up-and-coming writers.
Publisher: PS Publishing.
PS Showcase consists of eleven books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
