Mammoth Books presents The Reunion

Book 423: Mammoth Books

by Nicholas Royle

Genres: Horror

Synopsis

The Reunion" is based on actual events," reveals the author, "but the story only really came into focus for me when I was invited to contribute to Ellen Datlow's Poe anthology. Poe is brilliant. I was at a conference recently where a teacher revealed that she had read Poe's 'The Black Cat' to a lecture theatre full of schoolchildren. She switched off all the lights and used a torch to read by. A number of parents lodged complaints, which she took as a measure of the event's success. My tale is inspired by a different Poe story.

Release date: July 26, 2012

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Print pages: 160

Sample

NICHOLAS ROYLE IS THE author of five novels and two novellas, and the editor of thirteen anthologies, including Darklands and The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories. His own collection, Mortality, was shortlisted for the inaugural Edge Hill Prize, and he has won three British Fantasy Awards.

Born in Manchester in 1963, Royle teaches creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and reviews fi ction for The Independent newspaper. He also runs Nightjar Press, publishing original short fiction in signed, limited-edition chapbooks. Currently he is editing a new anthology of uncanny bird stories for Two Ravens Press.

“‘The Reunion’ is based on actual events,” reveals the author, “but the story only really came into focus for me when I was invited to contribute to Ellen Datlow’s Poe anthology.

“Poe is brilliant. I was at a conference recently where a teacher revealed that she had read Poe’s ‘The Black Cat’ to a lecture theatre full of schoolchildren. She switched off all the lights and used a torch to read by. A number of parents lodged complaints, which she took as a measure of the event’s success. My tale is inspired by a different Poe story.”

 

 

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