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The Death Artist
Author: | Dennis Etchison |
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Leisure Books, 2002 |
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Book Type: | Collection |
Genre: | Horror |
Sub-Genre Tags: | Psychological |
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Synopsis
First published as a limited-edition hardcover (DreamHaven Books, 2000), The Death Artist presents 12 daring, unforgettable tales that define the state of the art in modern horror.
"You have seen him but you did not recognize him. When he passed you on the street you would not look his way. He stood with you in the line and took a seat as the lights went down but when you heard his footsteps later, going home, you told yourself he was not there. He is the one who sent the letter, the one on the telephone who never speaks, the one who waits behind the door. He stops for every accident and never turns away from the chalk marks and the blood, for there is a lifemap in each dying and if he does not see it all his portraits will not be true. He wants to pass it on, the laughter and the cry in the night, so much the same at the end. It is not a hobby or a diversion. It is a method and an esthetic and a religion. He does not seek to convert you. He only wants you to know. He thinks you are ready. He is an artist and his subject is the high and the low rather than what lies between. You do not have to find him. He has already found you..."
Contents:
- The Dog Park
- The Last Reel
- When They Gave Us Memory
- On Call
- Deadtime Story
- Call Home
- No One You Know
- A Wind From the South
- The Scar
- The Detailer
- The Dead Cop
- Inside the Cackle Factory
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