{"product_id":"fourbodings-a-quartet-of-uneasy-tales-from-four-members-of-the-macabre-limited-first-edition-signed","title":"Fourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Members of the Macabre (Limited First Edition, Signed)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCROWTHER, Peter\u003c\/strong\u003e (ed.); Simon CLARK, Tim LEBBON, Mark MORRIS \u0026amp; Terry LAMSLEY. \u003cem\u003eFourbodings: A Quartet of Uneasy Tales from Four Masters of the Macabre.\u003c\/em\u003e Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e8vo. Original publisher's cloth. Unclipped pictorial dust jacket. 348 pp. \u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition. Limited to 1,000 unnumbered copies, signed by all four authors and the editor on the limitation page. Now out of print.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThese are not tales of outright horror but of unease, of the slow encroachment of the uncanny into the fabric of the ordinary, and the four British writers assembled here by editor Peter Crowther are precisely the right practitioners for that particular mode.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eSimon Clark's \u003cem\u003eLangthwaite Road\u003c\/em\u003e follows a man who presides over a stretch of blacktop notorious for fatalities, and what he observes passing along it in the dark hours. Terry Lamsley's \u003cem\u003eSo Long Gerry\u003c\/em\u003e imagines a student who discovers that his new flat has not been properly vacated by its previous tenant, and that something in the building is asserting a claim that predates any ordinary tenancy. Mark Morris's \u003cem\u003eStumps\u003c\/em\u003e brings a malignant influence to the grounds of a newly purchased family home, expressed through half-glimpsed movement in the undergrowth. Tim Lebbon contributes a fourth novella that matches his customary atmospheric intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn his editorial introduction, Crowther makes the case for subtlety and imagination as the essential tools of effective horror, and the four novellas that follow serve as an elegant demonstration of precisely those qualities. The Cemetery Dance limited edition, now out of print, was issued with signatures from all four contributors and the editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFine.\u003c\/strong\u003e A pristine copy presenting as new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store. If you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\" title=\"Harry Hartog Rare Book Department\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca class=\"underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current\/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current\" href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000370\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Crowther (ed.), Simon CLARK, Tim LEBBON, Mark MORRIS \u0026 Terry LAMSLEY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48844402360563,"sku":"1110002940514","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_06eb0c49-9755-416a-a64b-35cea2703074.png?v=1776399378","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/fourbodings-a-quartet-of-uneasy-tales-from-four-members-of-the-macabre-limited-first-edition-signed","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}