BUNDLE - The S T JOSHI Collection (3 Hardcovers)

APOSTLES OF THE WEIRD [unsigned hardcover]

Weird fiction is an incredibly rich & varied genre, running the gamut from supernatural horror to imaginary-world fantasy to psychological terror. This anthology seeks to exhibit the wide range of themes, motifs, & imagery that weird fiction allows, as embodied in the work of some of the leading contemporary writers in the field. The eighteen stories making up Apostles of the Weird demonstrate that weird fiction is a multifaceted genre whose emphasis on fear does not preclude pathos, poignancy, & a brooding rumination on our place in this fragile world.

HIS OWN MOST FANTASTIC CREATION [SIGNED hardcover]

H. P. Lovecraft (18901937), the pioneering writer of weird fiction, has himself become an icon in popular culture. Stories, novels, & other works featuring the gaunt, lantern-jawed gentleman from Providence, Rhode Island, have proliferated. These works have been triggered by the incredible amount of knowledge we have on the writerhis family, his friends, his idiosyncrasies & eccentricitiesas found in his thousands of surviving letters.

This anthology takes the figure of Lovecraft & enmeshes him in a series of bizarre & supernatural adventures. Darrell Schweitzer focuses on Lovecrafts childhood, when he was plagued with dreams of night-gaunts & was left bereft by the early death of his father.

RAMSEY CAMPBELL; MASTER OF WEIRD FICTION [unsigned hardcover]

n every way this monograph should be regarded as merely a preliminary study of Campbell. Because much of his work is not widely known to the general public, I have felt the need to provide fairly detailed synopses of his major novels & tales, & this has reduced the space available for analysis. While I have chosen tostudy Campbells work thematically, I am aware that many other perspectives could be employed.

CONTENTS

• Preface
• My Roots Exhumed, By Ramsey Campbell
• I. Biography & Overview
• II. The Lovecraftian Fiction
• III. The Demons By Daylight Period
• IV. The Transformation Of Supernaturalism
• V. Dreams & Reality
• VI. Horrors Of The City
• VII. Paranoia
• VIII. The Child As Victim & Villain
• IX. Miscellaneous Writings
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index