The Shadow on the Doorstep by James P. Blaylock (Author), Phil Foglio (Illustrator)
The Author's Personal Favorites of his own Short Fiction,
plus an Introduction by Tim Powers and an Afterword by Lewis Shiner Sit down.
Grab a box of doughnuts. Make it a baker's dozen, one for each story. James
Blaylock has carefully constructed these stories to fill the reader with
wonder, looking at the magic just below the surface, and offering you a variety
of different styles of fantasy. If you like your fantasy filled with darkness,
try "The Old Curiosity Shop", in which Doyle Jimmerson must come to
terms with the death of his wife and his own inadequacies that helped create
the world in which he finds himself. Or you might prefer the nostalgia-glazed
fantasy. If so, bite into "Thirteen Phantasms", where the discovery
of an old box of magazines leads Landers to yearn for a simpler time when it
was easier to find a sense of wonder. You say the frosting of the paranormal is
what makes you sit up? Try sampling "The Other Side" and just wait
for the hairs on your arms to stand on end. If you're wondering why this sounds
like it was written in a bakery, turn to "Doughnuts", and find what
Blaylock refers to as "the true quill". When you're finished reading
the stories in this collection, you'll find yourself as full of goodness as
your doughnut box is empty. – Amazon.
Home Before Dark by James
P. Blaylock (Author), Ferret (Illustrator)
A POSTSCRIPT TO HOMUNCULUS [by] William Hastings [pseudonym] by James
P. Blaylock (Author)
Why are there so few Blaylock books on this list? Because I have most of them already.
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