Glyphotech
By Mark Samuels
2008
First Published
4.06
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193
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In the introduction to this collection Ramsey Campbell states that the two modern masters of urban weirdness are Thomas Ligotti and Mark Samuels. Inside this book you will find weird things indeed, not least the likes of: The fungus-riddled mannequin in the lunatic asylum The reconstruction company that works with life and death The legal nightmare where the sane are guilty A horror writing convention taken over by black magic cannibals The Punch and Judy show broadcast live after death The strange fate of the reincarnation of H.P. Lovecraft
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Author
Mark Samuels
Author · 9 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.
