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Dark Gods

T.E.D. Klein's highly acclaimed first novel The Ceremonies — which Stephen King called "the most exciting novel in my field to come along since Straub's Ghost Story — established him in the top rank of horror writers. Now, with the four novellas gathered here, Klein proves himself to be a master of this classic shorter form.

The collection opens with "Children of the Kingdom", a beautifully crafted chiller that gradually reveals the horrors that lurk behind the shadows of the city. In "Petey", George and Phyllis and the die-hards at their housewarming think that their new rural retreat is quite a steal — unaware that foreclosure, in a particularly monstrous form, is heading their way.

In the insidiously terrifying "Black Man with a Horn", a homage to Lovecraft, a chance encounter with a missionary priest over the Atlantic lures a traveller into a web of ancient mystery and fiendish retribution. And in "Nadelman's God", the protagonist discovers, degree by shocking degree, that the demons of our imaginations are not always imaginary.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 261
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780553258011
  • Genres
  • horror, fiction, lovecraftian, fantasy, novels, anthologies, collections
  • Release date
  • 1986