Old Devil Moon by Christopher Fowler
A geologist trapped in a town without water is lured into a desperate escape plan. A boy plans a murder in an eerie funfair. A cop witnesses an inexplicable plague of madness. A teenager learns a deadly trick with his mobile phone. A woman unlocks a childhood secret with the aid of old comic books. A secret museum opens only at night. Old Devil Moon is Christopher Fowler?s tenth collection of uniquely disturbing short stories, and contains the blackest humour and the darkest fears, set in worlds we walk through each day but rarely see.
Short, sharp shockers: gothic fantasies played out with noughties accessories.. these are imaginative, bleak, cautionary tales, which shed their little pools of perverse candlelight on both new and familiar places * Guardian *
Laced with unease... reads like a series of Goya aquatints exploring the nastier extremes of human behaviour * Time Out *
Pithy morality fables * Dazed & Confused *
[Fowler] scores another triumph with his eclectic 10th short story collection... Fans of all genres will be impressed by the 22 well-written, often moving selections. * Publishers Weekly *
Dark and dire and fuelled with spiky little twists... Fowler is a master of surprise who ratchets up tension with verve, aplomb and treacly humour * Scotland on Sunday *
Brilliant at probing what might happen should seemingly ordinary events go awry... Fowler creates an eerie atmosphere that lingers long in the mind after the last page has been turned * Attitude *
Haunting * Aesthetica *
Laced with unease... reads like a series of Goya aquatints exploring the nastier extremes of human behaviour * Time Out *
Pithy morality fables * Dazed & Confused *
[Fowler] scores another triumph with his eclectic 10th short story collection... Fans of all genres will be impressed by the 22 well-written, often moving selections. * Publishers Weekly *
Dark and dire and fuelled with spiky little twists... Fowler is a master of surprise who ratchets up tension with verve, aplomb and treacly humour * Scotland on Sunday *
Brilliant at probing what might happen should seemingly ordinary events go awry... Fowler creates an eerie atmosphere that lingers long in the mind after the last page has been turned * Attitude *
Haunting * Aesthetica *
Director of film promotion company The Creative Partnership, Christopher Fowler is the author of twelve novels, as well as numerous screenplays and collections of short stories. His first novel, the bestseller Roofworld, has been developed as a film. One of his short stories, The Master Builder, became a CBS movie starring Tippi Hedren. Another, Left Hand Drive, won Best British Short Film in 1993. The short story 'American Waitress' in Demonized won the British Fantasy Society's Best Short Fiction Prize 2004.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852429256 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852429259 |
| Title | Old Devil Moon |
| Author | Christopher Fowler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Winner of British Fantasy Awards: Best Collection 2008 (UK), Winner of Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story: Reader's Award 2008 (UK), Short-listed for Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2008 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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