{"title":"T. E. D. Klein","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"reassuring-tales-expanded-edition-the-weird-fiction-short-stories-of-t-e-d-klein-paperback","title":"Reassuring Tales (Expanded Edition): The Weird Fiction Short Stories of T.E.D. Klein - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOLLECTED HERE ARE KLEIN'S RARE AND OBSCURE SHORT STORIES, HARD TO FIND EVEN FOR DEDICATED FANS.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreatures sinister but unseen. Madmen who may not be so mad. Realities that twist into astonishing patterns. Insidious new technologies beyond our understanding or control. Welcome to the existential weird fiction of master storyteller T.E.D. KLEIN, the acclaimed editor of \u003cem\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and author of the bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eThe Ceremonies\u003c\/em\u003e and the award-winning four-novella collection \u003cem\u003eDark Gods\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a decade ago, Klein's shorter stories were collected in \u003cem\u003eReassuring Tales\u003c\/em\u003e in an edition limited to 600 copies. It quickly sold out and is today hard to find even for dedicated fans. This new expanded edition reprints the earlier book's contents, along with two previously uncollected stories, three poems, an essay, new illustrations, and an interview with the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCamera Shy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurtains for Nat Crumley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowing Things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImagining Things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLadder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMagic Carpet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Size Eats All\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRenaissance Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS.F.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Events at Poroth Farm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThey Don't Write 'em Like This Anymore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWell-Connected\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe advised: the tales in this collection are anything but reassuring...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374232076511,"sku":"9781953215161","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yaMAH0m83b9781953215161.webp?v=1789175579"},{"product_id":"providence-after-dark-and-other-writings-paperback","title":"Providence After Dark and Other Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known as a writer of supernatural horror, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eT.E.D. Klein, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ceremonies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDark Gods, \u003c\/em\u003e has also written essays, articles, op-ed pieces, and reviews that are provocative, erudite, occasionally splenetic, and always highly opinionated. This book, compiled by S. T. Joshi, presents a wide selection of Klein's nonfiction, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A lively account of the first World Fantasy Convention, where the field's most colorful personalities gathered in Providence to honor its native son, H. P. Lovecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Klein's introduction to the Arkham House edition of Lovecraft's shorter tales... His lists of the 13 most terrifying horror stories and the 25 most familiar horror plots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Memoirs of his college days in Providence, under Lovecraft's spell... His triumphs and blunders as a Paramount script reader... His influential tenure as editor of \u003cem\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e magazine... What it was like to work with eccentric (and notorious) director Dario Argento on his first full-length American film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A pair of groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e features on cruelty to animals in the movies... A skeptical take on Woody Allen at the turning point in his career... The hitherto unremarked secret of Stanley Kubrick's \u003cem\u003e2001\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Personal encounters with legendary weird-tale writers Robert Aickman and Donald Wandrei... Appreciations of Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, Rod Serling, Ramsey Campbell, and Mark Twain... 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