{"product_id":"hasty-for-the-dark-book-adam-nevill-9781999724214","title":"Hasty for the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese selected terrors range from the speculative to supernatural horror, encompass the infernal and the occult, and include stories inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Aickman and Ramsey Campbell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHasty for the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e is the second short story collection from the award-winning and widely appreciated British writer of horror fiction, Adam L. G. Nevill. The author's best horror stories from 2009 to 2015 are collected here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe hardest journeys in life and death are taken underground.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo blackmail is as ghastly as extortion from angels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA swift reckoning often travels in handheld luggage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnce considered inhumane and now derelict, this zoo may not be as empty as assumed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA bad marriage, a killer couple, and part of a wider movement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo sign of life aboard an abandoned freighter, but what is left below deck tells a strange story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe origin of our species is not what we think.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn destitution, the future for revolution and mass murder is so bright.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYour memories may not be your own, and your life nothing more than a ritual that will compel you to perform an atrocity . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eHasty for the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nine tales are cleverly varied, exhibiting varied pace, chills which deal with the supernatural in both every day and altogether freakier situations, and other curve-balls which drop feet into other genres. Tony Jones, \u003cem\u003eGingernuts of Horror\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese tales are dark, starkly violent, but also subtle and ambiguous, often at the same time. \u003cem\u003eThis is Horror\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis stories weave their way inside of your head and plant seeds of doubt and terror. He is a master of creating oppressive, creepy atmospheres and of taking your imagination to places you would rather he didn't. \u003cem\u003eThe Grim Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a genre fan, there can be little better than reading the work of an author at the top of their game. I can't fault a single story in this collection. \u003cem\u003eThe Eloquent Page\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories are all enigmas and I love how hard my mind has to work to appreciate them. 5\/5 stars. \u003cem\u003eCarmilla Voiez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderful retrospective of one of the most gifted purveyors of horror fiction currently plying their trade. \u003cem\u003eAnthony Watson.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572213162257,"sku":"GOR009119584","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49604666425617,"sku":"GOR010330421","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50986389831953,"sku":"CIN1999724216G","price":13.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50995574046993,"sku":"NIN9781999724214","price":15.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52472095637777,"sku":"NLS9781999724214","price":19.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1999724216.jpg?v=1751349141","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/hasty-for-the-dark-book-adam-nevill-9781999724214","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}