A collection of genre-bending horror and dark fantasy stories from the
award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of the Matthew
Corbett novels.
This edition includes an introduction by
international bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale.
Featuring two Bram Stoker Award-winning tales,
McCammon's Shoppe of Olde Curiosities is a
career-spanning collection gathering nineteen short stories showcasing the
author's imaginative range of frightening terror, fantastical worldbuilding,
and characters confronting the unknown around them and within themselves.
Pursuing a life of celebrity fame, Erik Van Helsing's desire to cash in on his
famous family's name as vampire hunters unveils a legacy he cannot escape in
"Blood is Thicker Than Hollywood"—a spinoff tale from the
novel They Thirst.
A woman surviving in a post-apocalyptic landscape fights off loneliness when
she reads aloud to the "Children of the Bedtime Machine"—a
tribute to the wondrous storytelling style of Ray Bradbury.
As "Death Comes for the Rich Man" in 1703 Colonial America, Matthew Corbett is
hired to delay the Grim Reaper to give a regretful old sinner time to make
amends with his estranged daughter.
Experimenting as a mixologist, McCammon presents five drink drink recipes in
A Little Amber Book of Wicked
Shots, accompanying stories about a serial killer in a haunted
hotel, an athlete's destiny in the face of cosmic horror, a vindictive ad man
learning the price of revenge, and an ex-slave on a suicidal and
soul-sacrificing mission to serve justice.
Chilling and evocative, weird and humorous, these stories—and a dozen
more—reveal why "no one can paint word pictures as vividly as Robert
McCammon" (Sandra Brown).
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