The Blood Kiss

The Blood Kiss

Following his first two acclaimed collections, The Dark Country and Red Dreams, Etchison's much-anticipated third volume of<br />wildly original stories continues to redefine modern horror. From the freeway off-ramps of Los Angeles to the darkest passages of the human heart, these are the visions of a writer whose imagination knows no boundaries. <br /><br />Published exclusively as a limited-edition hardcover in 1988, this legendary collection of dark fantasy tales is now available for the first time in 25 years.<br /><br />CONTENTS:<br /><br /> "Call 666"<br /> "A Nice, Shady Place"<br /> "The Woman In Black"<br /> "A Walk In the Wet"<br /> "The Night of the Eye"<br /> "The Spot"<br /> "The Soft Wall"<br /> "Somebody Like You"<br /> "Bloodgame"<br /> "Deadspace"<br /> "Home Call"<br />*"The Olympic Runner" <br /> "The Blood Kiss"<br /><br />*(British Fantasy Award: Best Short Fiction, 1987)<br /><br />"Dennis Etchison's writing is a disturbing marvel." — Richard Christian Matheson<br /><br />"Horror's greatest inconoclast." — Garrett Peck<br /><br />"Dennis Etchison is one of the jewels of our field. He has raised the short story — whether it be supernatural, science fiction, psychological suspense, or, most provocatively, an indefinable combination of several or all of these — to a level of high artistry that, among current writers, perhaps only Ramsey Campbell and Thomas Ligotti can match." — S.T. Joshi<br /><br />"The finest writer of psychological horror this genre has produced." — Karl Edward Wagner