He was, however, far from the average good ole boy himself: his father was a big wig at the TVA, and Karl earned degrees in history from Kenyon and psychiatric medicine from Chapel Hill. Wagner was a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, and many of his best stories-particularly the early ones-are steeped in Southern atmosphere. And it is only one small sign of the influence of legendary author and editor Karl Edward Wagner. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.In the first season of True Detective, do you remember those weird constructions of sticks that seemed to pop up everywhere? Well, “Sticks,” one of the stories in this book, is where those things come from. his tales of ancient evils working on the present are brilliantly modern." - Washington Post "He knows exactly what he's doing he's scary, entertaining, and knowledgeable."- Peter Straub "Wagner is a contemporary master."- Philadelphia Inquirer This item is printed on demand. This new edition includes all the stories from the original 1983 edition, plus an additional rare tale and the author's afterword from the Scream/Press limited edition, and features a new introduction by Ramsey Campbell. His seminal volume In a Lonely Place collects eight of his best tales, including "In the Pines," a classic ghost story evocatively set in the Tennessee woods, "Beyond Any Measure," an original take on the vampire story, "River of Night's Dreaming," a surreal and nightmarish masterpiece inspired by The King in Yellow, and the author's most famous tale, "Sticks," a disturbing story thought by many to have been the basis for The Blair Witch Project.
One of the most important horror collections of modern times, back in print at last! Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994) has earned a reputation as one of the finest horror writers of the modern era, but his work has been out of print and nearly unobtainable for many years.
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