The Face of Twilight
By Mark Samuels
2005
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THE FACE OF TWILIGHT by Mark Samuels, intro by Mark Morris, cover art by James Hannah. Hornsea, UK; PS Publishing; 2006. 1st edition hardcover. Who is the sinister little man with the scarred head? Why is there no end to the twilight? What is symbolised by the strange graffiti that seems to be appearing everywhere? Ivan Gilman is the penurious author of several obscure novels. When he rents a cheap flat overlooking Archway Road in north London, he is determined to finish the new book that he believes will finally establish his literary reputation. Instead, he finds himself caught up in a bizarre conspiracy to replace the living with the cryptic dead. Gradually, Gilman discovers evidence of this conspiracy operating at all levels of society but, by then, it appears to be far too late to escape the consequences of his prying... Issued in a SIGNED/LIMITED edition of 300 SIGNED BY BOTH author & introducer.
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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.
