Massington," which tells of a bizarre grasp at immortality "The Hunt," a playfully creepy yarn about an obsessive chase and "The Mail for Juniper Hill," in which a tipsy but determined postman refuses to let anything - even death - keep him from his appointed rounds. Other selections include "Canavan's Back Yard," featuring a property with a gruesome history "I'm Murdering Mr. Less familiar but equally gripping tales include "Levitation," in which a carnival-goer has an unfortunate encounter with a hypnotist "The Calamander Chest," the story of a low-priced antique that turns out to be no bargain "Death in Peru," involving a lethal curse the darkly humorous "On the Elevator" and "The Green Parrot," which recounts a Good Samaritan's bad timing. This collection, originally published by Arkham House in 1958, features stories published by Weird Tales and other pulp magazines of the 1950s - including the much-anthologized "Slime," which inspired the ever-popular thriller The Blob. Collectors and fans will delight in this inexpensive reissue of Brennan's hard-to-find classic, Nine Horrors and a Dream. Acclaimed by Stephen King as "a master of the unashamed horror tale," Joseph Payne Brennan wrote hundreds of tales of terror, suspense, and fantasy.
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