His notable books include the Southern Gothic horror novel The Elementals (1981), the serial novel Blackwater (1983), which was first published in a series of six paperback volumes, and the trilogy of “Jack & Susan” books.īy 1985 he was writing screenplays for television, including episodes for a number of anthology series such as Tales from the Darkside, Amazing Stories, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Tales from the Crypt.

His seventh novel written and first to be sold, The Amulet, was published in 1979 and would be followed by over thirty additional volumes of fiction written under his own name or the pseudonyms Nathan Aldyne, Axel Young, Mike McCray, and Preston Macadam. in English and American Literature from Brandeis. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in English from Harvard, and in 1978 he was awarded his Ph.D.

Michael McDowell was born Jin Enterprise, Alabama and attended public schools in southern Alabama until 1968. This first-ever republication of Michael McDowell's chilling classic of revenge features a new introduction by Christopher Fowler and cover art by Mike Mignola. Can even the wealth and power of the Stallworth family protect them from Lena's diabolical lust for vengeance? One Sunday, all the Stallworths receive invitations-to their own funerals. On a crusade to crush Lena's evil empire, the judge has sentenced three of her family members to death. Only a few blocks away, amidst the elegant mansions and lily-white reputations of Gramercy Park and Washington Square, lives Judge James Stallworth. The queen of this unsavory neighborhood is Black Lena Shanks, whose family leads a ring of female criminals-women skilled in the art of cruelty. Welcome to the Black Triangle, New York's decadent district of opium dens, gambling casinos, drunken sailors, gaudy hookers, and back room abortions. 'One of the best writers of horror in this country.With a new introduction by Christopher Fowler considerable artistry, marvelous pacing, and a welcome dose of macabre humor.' ( Fantasy Review) 'Compelling-a tour-de-force of storytelling and style. 'An ambitious novel of psychological horror.' ( Publishers Weekly) Life goes on, for the brave and the damned. His suits each have a number, S-1 through S-6. He keeps a combination lock on his door and has twelve shelves of cookbooks. It was obvious to him: her maimed, twisted face was the living desire to be dead. Obviously they wanted him to eat out.to meet the waitress, Marta, to see her horrible, unspeakable, unbearable ugliness. The people in the grocery store just wanted to make sure he couldn't buy the spice he needed to make the recipe he'd selected for that night (recipes must be followed exactly).

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