{"title":"Frederic S. Durbin","description":"Frederic S. Durbin has been professionally writing fantasy for children and adults since 1999. A native of rural central Illinois, he taught English and writing at Japan's Niigata University for over twenty years. His work has appeared in Fantasy \u0026amp; Science-Fiction, Black Gate, Weird Tales, Cricket, Cicada, and various anthologies. His novels include Dragonfly, The Star Shard, A Green and Ancient Light, and The Country Under Heaven, which was named the Best Horror Novel of the Year by the New York Public Library. He teaches creative writing to high-school students.","products":[{"product_id":"a-green-and-ancient-light-10th-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"A Green and Ancient Light: 10th Anniversary Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a dazzling literary fantasy akin to the work of Nghi Vo and often compared to John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things, step into a world that parallels our own, during a war that parallels World War II, and be prepared to fall in love with this gorgeous and lyrical Realm Award-winning novel. A young boy's serene summer day is shattered by the crash of a bullet-riddled enemy plane. Further disrupting the tranquility are the arrival of Grandmother's strange and unusual friend Mr. Girandole, and the discovery of a riddle in the sacred grove of ruins behind Grandmother's house. In a sumptuous idyllic setting and overshadowed by the threat of war, four unlikely allies learn the values of courage, sacrifice, and what it means to be a family. This 10th anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eA Green and Ancient Light\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introduction by the author and a conversation with the editor who helped launch Durbin's novel-writing career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101905162463,"sku":"9781625677457","price":25.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/mLbPw8T-i_9781625677457.webp?v=1781075861"},{"product_id":"the-country-under-heaven-paperback","title":"The Country Under Heaven - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis L'Amour meets H.P. Lovecraft in this thrilling western epic about a former Civil War soldier wracked by enigmatic visions . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the 1880s, the story follows Ovid Vesper, a former Union soldier who has been having enigmatic visions after surviving one of the Civil War's most gruesome battles, the Battle of Antietam. As he travels across the country following those visions, he finds himself in stranger and increasingly more dangerous encounters with other worlds hidden in the spaces of his own mind, not to mention the dangers of the Wild West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOvid brings his steady calm and compassion as he helps the people of a broken country, rapidly changing but, like himself, still reeling and wounded from the war. He assists with matters of all sorts, from odd jobs around the house, to guiding children back to their own universe, to hunting down unnatural creatures that stalk the night -- all the while seeking his own personal resolution and peace from his visions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOvid's epic journey across the American West with a surprising cast of characters blends elements of the classic Western with historical fantasy in a way like no other.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103206478047,"sku":"9781685891695","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/umdKG6EmOD9781685891695.webp?v=1781090488"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/frederic-s-durbin.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}