These collector editions are going to be amazing! Hell, the cover alone is worth the price! DON’T MISS OUT!
Originally published in 1978 as a Star paperback original and by W.H. Allen in hardback. Out of print for many years, Graham Masterton’s classic horror novel is now available to collectors and fans in a quality signed hardback edition.
300 numbered copies signed by the author. Printed on matte coated Vancouver 115gsm paper. Sewn block, bound in Colorado cloth with headbands, colored endpapers and bound in ribbon bookmark with DJ.
“A mesmerizing storyteller whose fascination with the fine points of human weakness and deft touch for the total gross out keep the pages turning.” – Publishers Weekly
Synopsis:
For up and coming politician Gene Keiller an attraction to a beautiful woman is no strange thing. But Lorie Semple is no ordinary woman . . . she has a secret . . . she has history . . . and when attraction becomes obsession he takes his first steps on a perilous journey where myth and reality collide with devastating consequences. A savage beast is unleashed and by the time he discovers the truth about the mysterious beauty who has so captivated his soul it is far too late to run. “That people,” they are called, for no man can bring himself to speak their name out loud . . . and their obscene secret is about to be revealed.
The Secret Backs of Things takes the readers into a realm rich with legends, folklore and myths, while still finding a place for some modern tales and even a couple Hellboy stories:
A man learns that it would have been better to have not asked a beautiful woman why her body is covered with mysterious tattoos in “The Art of the Deal.”
A young boy accidentally finds out about his secret power when a childhood game goes too far in “Pa-Kow.”
A teenager finally understands why she always felt so alive running barefoot through the woods in “The Mournful Cry of Owls.”
And in the title story, “The Secret Backs of Things,” the protagonist discovers that even if your secrets are never told, you can’t always keep them from everyone…
In addition to all the new stories in the collection, readers will find a reprint of “The Shell Collector,” long out of print and originally published as part of the acclaimed Cemetery Dance Novella Series.
Filled with illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, The Secret Backs of Things is Christopher Golden at his best. Chilling, harrowing and, at times, more than slightly unsettling, this collection is sure to excite and entertain longtime Golden fans and new readers alike.
