Dark Love
by Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer, & Martin H. Greenberg, Editors
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0451454723
- ISBN 13
- 9780451454720
- Seller
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Mulvane, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Appears as new, unread, unblemished copy with Fine blue/black boards. No visible blemishes nor imperfections noted.
From Publishers Weekly Love and death have been twinned in the horror genre ever since Poe imagined bedding his young bride in her sepulcher by the sea. Recently, several anthologies, spearheaded by Hot Blood (1989) and its sequels, have capitalized on horror fans' taste for the eros in thanatos. Dark Love may be the strongest such book yet. The first of its 22 original tales is a raucous Stephen King entry, "Lunch at the Golden Cafe," which takes a blood-smeared butcher blade to the notion of romantic love. Similarly subversive are Richard Laymon's "The Maiden," a gleefully nasty riff on adolescent lust, and Ed Gorman's "The End of It All," in which a man's reunion with his teenage crush inspires enough plot twists to fill a novel. Not all of the stories here work well. Some, like those by David J. Schow and Ramsey Campbell, are accomplished tales but seem to have only a tangential relation to the ...
Insurance & handling is included free. Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize. Will Advise. Update 3.3.2023 Biblio 9.25.2020 #915-11519
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- Bookseller
- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #915-11519
- Title
- Dark Love
- Author
- Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer, & Martin H. Greenberg, Editors
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Unstated, Presumed 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0451454723
- ISBN 13
- 9780451454720
- Publisher
- . ROC
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 414
- Keywords
- Horror
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