Nightshades: Thirteen Journeys into Shadow
Author: | Tanith Lee |
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Headline Publishing Group, 1993 |
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Book Type: | Collection |
Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
White-skinned, black-haired Sovaz is beautiful and wayward, yet seemingly soulless - as if vampirised by some unknown force. Wife of a very wealthy but older husband, she is the prize ornament of his treasure collection, yet she is toying with a naive young American lover. And while the faces of this doomed trio converge, somewhere outside the glowing casements a creature of darkness prepares to feed...
Here are a novel and twelve short stories encompassing all the richness and variety of Tanith Lee's unique talent.
This fascinating and disturbing collection casts a new and chilling light on that ancient mythical creature, the mermaid... pinpoints the ultimate peril of mankind's fascination with the domestic cat... sucks us into the pulsing horror of bricks and mortar with a life of their own... investigates the dark and marvellous legends of tree spirits, and the tantalising allure of other carnal obsessions.
Table of Contents:
- Nightshade - (1993) - novella
- The Mermaid - (1991) - short story
- After the Guillotine - (1985) - short story
- Meow - (1981) - short story
- Il Bacio (Il Chiave) - (1983) - short story
- A Room with a Vie - (1980) - short story
- Paper Boat - (1978) - short fiction
- Blue Vase of Ghosts - (1983) - novelette
- Pinewood - (1984) - short story
- The Janfia Tree - (1989) - short story
- The Devil's Rose - (1988) - novelette
- Huzdra - (1977) - short story
- Three Days - (1984) - novelette
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