Black Altars
By Mark Samuels
2003
First Published
4.00
Average Rating
101
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Black Altars is a collection of six weird fiction stories. Contents: - Introduction by Quentin S. Crisp - Lichen - Nephilim (previously published in Stephen Jones' collection Visitants) - Patient 704 (revised/altered version of this story appears in author's Glyphotech) - Mysteries of the Abyss (first published in Dagon magazine in 1989) - The Ailuromorph - Dedicated to the Weird
Avg Rating
4.00
Number of Ratings
17
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Author
Mark Samuels
Author · 12 books
Mark Samuels is a British writer of weird and fantastic fiction in the tradition of Arthur Machen and H. P. Lovecraft. Born in deepest Clapham, South London, he was first published in 1988, and his short stories often focus on detailing a shadowy world in which his protagonists gradually discover terrifying and rapturous vistas lurking behind modernity. His work has been highly praised by the likes of Thomas Ligotti and Ramsey Campbell and has appeared in prestigious anthologies of horror and weird fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.
