Altmann’s Tongue: 30th Anniversary Edition by Brian Evenson (Earthling Publications)

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PUBLISHER: Earthling Publications EDITION: Signed Numbered Limited Hardcover PRICE: $75 Introduction by John Langan Afterword and Story Notes by Brian Evenson Artwork by Chris Nurse SYNOPSIS: Join us in celebrating the 30th anniversary of Brian Evenson’s first book, a collection that marked the arrival of an important writer of dark fiction, praised by Peter Straub for going “furthest out on the sheerest, least sheltered narrative precipice” and who has since won the O. Henry, Shirley Jackson, International Horror Guild, and World Fantasy awards. This deluxe limited hardcover edition features an original introduction by John Langan, as well as an extensive new afterword and story notes by Evenson (nearly 10K words of new material). Praise for ALTMAN S TONGUE: Showing off Evenson s myriad skills, the stories range from rural tales of death to a retelling of the biblical Job story, in which a skeletonized Job trades barbs and blows with a murderous lumberjack. . . . There is a detached brutality to the collection, similar to Beckett s novels, which, due to Evenson s precise control over language is both disturbing and compelling. — Review of Contemporary Fiction The spirit of Edgar Allan Poe inhabits this collection of violent and mysterious stories that recall not only that master of the perverse but also the seamier side of the nightly news. . . . Many of these tales, particularly the short-shorts, remain enigmatic, resistant to any explication; yet even they are told in such

• Binding: Hardcover

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