Our Lady of The Shadows - Softcover

Tony Richards

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888993944 ISBN 13: 9781888993943

Publisher: Dark Regions Press/Ghost House, 2011

Synopsis

"In any other city in the world, the discovery of Mary-Jane Palmer's body floating in the river would have been sad, and disquieting, that was all. A four line filler on the inside pages of the newspapers. A minor tragedy passed over like a dead bird in the road. But this was Paris, the river was the Seine, and because of that the proceedings were tinted with a vague gothic suggestion of romance. A small crowd gathered - middle-aged businessman in their sleek, well filled suites; art students and booksellers; a few tourists; a few old women with faces wrinkled like contour maps. The gendarmerie arrived and kept their siren going long after it was necessary, as though to add to the occasion. They walked around the body and gazed at it through squinted eyes.

L'amour, they muttered.

L'amour.

Until they turned her over.

And Saw her face..."

What is a ghost? Merely a desembodied spirit? You'll find plenty of those here, but there are other kinds as well. An entity created by a child's imagination. A mysterious pale figure on a bleak, deserted moor. A madman who is not dead yet but...

Tony Richards has been hailed as "one of today's masters of dark fiction," and has been penning supernatural tales for more than thirty years. Come with him as he voyages the world in search of the dark arcane. The jungled slopes of Penang, Malaysia. The night-bound alleyways of Tokyo and New York. Everywhere that holds a shadow also holds a deadly secret and this book reveals them all, in a collection that includes the critically acclaimed novella Postcards from Terri and four brand-new stories, never seen in print before.

About this title

About the Author:

Tony Richards is the author of five novels, six novellas, and almost a hundred short stories, most of them in the supernatural and dark fantasy genres. His work has appeared in most major publications, and he has been nominated for both the British Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards. Widely traveled, he often sets his fiction in locations he has visited. He currently lives in London, England, with his wife. His previous publications with Dark Regions Press are the collections Shadows and Other Tales and Going Back, and Midnight's Angels, the third of his Raine's Landing novels.

Review:

"Man, this guy can write. (He) has the power to introduce you all over again to the pleasure of reading good prose." - Ed Gorman

"Tony Richards always turns in a first-class story." - Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes

"A Hell of a writ." - Mario Guslandi, Horror World

"(A) terrific author. A unique and eloquent voice." - John Pelan

"A terrific storyteller." - Graham Joyce

"An amazing voice." - James A. Moore --writers

About this edition

• Publisher: Dark Regions Press/Ghost House
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1888993944
• ISBN 13: 9781888993943
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 284
• Editor: Joe Morey
• Illustrator: Erin Wells