ROBERT BLOCH STEFAN R. DZIEMIANOWICZON Skeleton In Closet Signed Limited HC 2008

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ROBERT BLOCH STEFAN R. DZIEMIANOWICZON Skeleton In Closet Signed Limited HC 2008 This auction is brought to you by Shocklines, your one-stop shop for horror fiction. See our About Me page for details, and thank you for bidding! This is a copy of the SIGNED LIMITED EDITION hardcover �Skeleton In The Closet and Other Stories� by Robert Bloch, edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowiczon published by Subterranean Press in 2008. Cover art by Gahan Wilson. Book is in fine condition. No dustjacket was issued by the publisher for this edition. Limited to only 750 signed and numbered hardcover copies, this copy is marked as a PC copy. A PC copy is a "Publisher's Copy" -- an extra copy done by the publisher, usually done for review or promotional purposes. It is identical to the regular limited edition in every way except it says "PC" instead of a specific number. It is signed by Stefan R. Dziemianowiczon the signature page. Original retail price: $40.00. Out of print from the publisher. As always, we offer 100% satisfaction guaranteed or your money-back! Truly, a collectible for horror fans, and the bidding starts at $0.99 with NO RESERVE! Payment must be made within 10 days. Shipping is $3.00 media rate or $9.00 Priority in the U.S, $12.00 to Canada and $25.00 to other countries. Big savings on shipping multiple items. PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION: It's no secret that a hefty helping of Robert Bloch's fiction remains unreprinted or uncollected since its original publication in pulp magazines, digests and anthologies of original stories. What many readers don't know is how good much of this fiction is. These stories run the full gamut of genres for which Bloch wrote--fantasy, horror, science fiction, mystery--and all showcase Bloch's inimitable style. We can't presume to know why Bloch never collected them in his lifetime, even though he sanctioned the reprinting of some in anthologies. Possibly, he felt they didn't fit the scheme of specific books. Regardless, the stories provide interesting snapshots of Bloch's career at the time they were written, and the evolution of story markets where they appeared. Subterranean Press's The Reader's Bloch series was conceived to give these stories a well-deserved nesting place. It is currently planned to run to two, possibly three volumes, containing approximately fifty stories spanning Bloch's career from the late 1930s to the early 1990s. The series will stand independent of The Lost Bloch series, which concentrated primarily on novella and short-novel length works, but readers who enjoyed those volumes will find the same fun and thrills in these books. Currently, we've planned a volume devoted primarily to science fiction, and another primarily to horror. When you're talking Robert Bloch, however, genre categories have little meaning. Several of the science fiction stories Bloch contributed to Amazing, Startling Stories, Fantastic Adventures and other pulps would have fit comfortably into any of his horror collections. Likewise some of crime stories he contributed to Dime Mystery, Detective Tales and Mammoth Mystery. Most of the latter were never reprinted, and more's the pity since they show Bloch mastering the hardboiled idiom and dealing with ghoulish themes that chart a line of direct descent from his early horror tales to the psychological suspense novels and stories that became his trademark in the 1950s and '60s. No, we don't plan to include any of the Lefty Feep stories from Fantastic Adventures, but we do have a few surprises up our sleeve, including at least one overlooked story that might be called the bookend to Bloch's Lovecraftian/Cthulhu Mythos stories. And we have a bounty of fantasy and science fiction satires that rank with Bloch's wittiest fiction and essays. In all, the series will offer readers a generous helping of Bloch's writing from his most active and imaginative years. TENTATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Never Trust a Demon The Last Plea The Strange Island of Dr. Nork Skeleton in the Closet The Bat is My Brother The Ho... read more

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