{"product_id":"the-age-of-decayed-futurity-the-best-of-mark-samuels-paperback","title":"The Age of Decayed Futurity: The Best of Mark Samuels - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Samuels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Dirda\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fans of literate, subtle horror will clamor for more.\"\u003cem\u003e-Publishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The quality of the stories selected is so uniformly high it's difficult to single out the best...\"-\u003cem\u003eRue Morgue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past two decades, British author Mark Samuels has written some of the most vibrant and challenging weird fiction of any contemporary writer. But his work-collected in such volumes as \u003cem\u003eThe White Hands and Other Weird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Collected Machen\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), and \u003cem\u003eWritten in Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e (2014)-has by and large appeared in limited editions not widely distributed in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume features seventeen of Samuels's best weird stories. Several display his fascination with technology, advertising, and urban horror, as in \"Apartment 205\" and the title story. Other tales speak of the writing of weird fiction itself as a potentially hazardous and supernatural enterprise, as in \"The White Hands\" and \"Vrolyck.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn several of his lengthier narratives-notably \"The Gentleman from Mexico\" and \"The Crimson Fog\"-Samuels draws upon H. P. Lovecraft's pseudomythology to venture into realms of cosmic horror. \"The Black Mould\" and \"My World Has No Memories\" are distinctively existential tales of undeniable potency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Samuels is one of the pioneering weird writers of today, and this selection makes plain why he has few rivals in the portrayal of the horrors that are unique to our troubled age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44317258383462,"sku":"9781614983033","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TjBMQzREVTNDc3lOV3Q0dFN4d3pFUT09.webp?v=1768027887","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-age-of-decayed-futurity-the-best-of-mark-samuels-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}