Richard Christian Matheson is a master of compression. Cannell: bestselling novelist, writer, producer and creator of THE ROCKFORD FILES, BARETTA, THE A-TEAM, WISEGUY and many others

But somehow, every time he ends up with nuanced perfection and excels magnificently. I stand in awe of Richard's impressive talent his unbelievable ability to slam a verb up against a noun, putting words and thoughts together in ways never intended. I have been writing for over forty years and in my own opinion have never written anything as complex or darkly interesting. 'Similes and metaphors so engaging and deeply descriptive it puts me to shame. 'A great horror writer.' - THE NEW YORK TIMES A masterful vision.' - Kerry Ehrin: Emmy Nominee/Writer and Executive Producer of BATES MOTEL 'Richard Christian Matheson is one of a handful of resourceful, fear-minded authors helping to create a new sensibility in horror fiction that is as frightening and merciless as the modern world itself.' - ROLLING STONE 'If the reputation of writers were based on quality rather than quantity, Richard Christian Matheson would be the pre-eminent contemporary writer in the field of dark fiction.' - Chet Williamson A brilliant chip off the old block.' - Stephen King Richard Christian Matheson is remarkable.

In the field of fantasy, those writers able to combine story-as-narration with story-as-style are even rarer. You get a spectacular view and you also get to look at it from the back of a chauffeur-driven Cadillac. 'There are, occasionally, writers who are able to combine both story and style. Matheson.Įvil Twins, Temporary Blindness, Bikers and Amnesia The collection includes introductions from John Shirley and Chet Williamson, as well as afterwords from Harry O.

There are seventeen illustrations to accompany many of the short stories, all of them originals created by Harry O. The tales range from prisoners executed with a hi-tech twist, to the ravages of empathy, to an uncooperative parrot, to a shapeshifter's carnal memoirs, to a man who can't stop talking, to a murderer devoured by ice, to a soulful embalming machine, to a dog that reads minds.Īs in his previous collections, SCARS And Other Distinguishing Marks and DYSTOPIA, Matheson's distilled style is fierce and hypnotic. In the addictive new collection, critically-acclaimed, #1 bestselling author Richard Christian Matheson gathers stories of dread, menace and the surreal.

Dystopia by Richard Christian Matheson