num_pages: 352
description:  Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN: 1614981922 (ISBN13: 9781614981923)John Langans new book is certain to solidify his place among the strongest voices in modern literary horror. Placed together within the same cover for the first time a theme emerges from the tales that binds and unites themand it is signaled in the title of the book.These are stories of betrayal author John Langan confirms.Apart from this thread the stories are otherwise quite distinct from each other in terms of their characters plots settings themes and even varieties of horror.Theres In Paris in the Mount of Kronos a snappy neo-noirish action packed Laird Barron-esque encounter with ancient malevolent forces; the dark character-driven relationship dramas of The Third Always Beside You and Renfrews Course; the vaguely Lovecraftian horrors of Bloom; the atmospheric steampunk weirdness in the form of The Unbearable Proximity of Mr. Dunns Balloons; and apocalyptic surrealism in Bos Uros.Finally the title novella Sefira is about a woman who is chasing a succubus across the United States while the novelette At Home in the Devils House offers a new nightmarish concept of Hell.Sefira and Other Betrayals contains stories previously published in such prestigious anthologies as Supernatural Noir Blood and Other Cravings Ghosts by Gaslight Black Wings 2 Shadows Edge and others and includes one original novella Sefira and an original novelette At Home in the Devils House.(from Rue Morgue Magazine review)
language: English
title: Sefira and Other Betrayals
publisher: Hippocampus Press