Navigation

Spontaneous Human Combustion

Availability: In Stock
ISBN: 9781684427543
AuthorThomas, Richard
Pub Date02/04/2022
BindingTrade PB
Pages248
CountryUSA
Dewey813.6
Quick overview In this new collection, Richard Thomas has crafted fourteen stories that push the boundaries of dark fiction in an intoxicating, piercing blend of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Equally provocative and profound, each story is masterfully woven with transgressive themes that burrow beneath the skin.
€17.21

A poker game yields a strange prize that haunts one man, his game of chance now turned into a life-or-death coin flip.

A set of twins find they have mysterious new powers when an asteroid crashes in a field near their house, and the decisions they make create an uneasy balance.

A fantasy world is filled with one man’s desire to feel whole again, finally finding love, only to have the shocking truth of his life exposed in an appalling twist.

A father and son work slave labor in a brave new world run by aliens and mount a rebellion that may end up freeing them all.

A clown takes off his make-up in a gloomy basement to reveal something more horrifying under the white, tacky skin.

Powerful and haunting, Thomas’ transportive collection dares you to examine what lies in the darkest, most twisted corners of human existence and not be transformed by what you find.

*
*
*
Product description

A poker game yields a strange prize that haunts one man, his game of chance now turned into a life-or-death coin flip.

A set of twins find they have mysterious new powers when an asteroid crashes in a field near their house, and the decisions they make create an uneasy balance.

A fantasy world is filled with one man’s desire to feel whole again, finally finding love, only to have the shocking truth of his life exposed in an appalling twist.

A father and son work slave labor in a brave new world run by aliens and mount a rebellion that may end up freeing them all.

A clown takes off his make-up in a gloomy basement to reveal something more horrifying under the white, tacky skin.

Powerful and haunting, Thomas’ transportive collection dares you to examine what lies in the darkest, most twisted corners of human existence and not be transformed by what you find.

Customers who bought this item also bought

The Chosen

Lowry, Elizabeth
9781529410693
One Wednesday morning in November 1912 the ageing Thomas Hardy, entombed by paper and books and increasingly estranged from his wife Emma, finds her dying in her bedroom. Between his speaking to her and taking her in his arms, she has gone.
€17.26

The Snag List

White, Sophie
9781529352702
Compiling a snag list to send to their builder, sees a group og new friends contemplating their own personal snag lists and inspires a business idea that will change the course of all their lives.
€15.85

Those Who Return

Montag, Kassandra
9781529416824
A searing psychological thriller of guilt and redemption, set in the Great Plains of Nebraska. Perfect for fans of Sharp Objects, The Dry and Top of the Lake
€17.26