The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories
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Spanning two hundred years of horror, this new collection features seventeen macabre gems, including two original tales and many others that have never or seldom been reprinted, by:
Charles Birkin - John Blackburn - Michael Blumlein - Mary Cholmondeley - Hugh Fleetwood - Stephen Gregory - Gerald Kersh - Francis King - M. G. Lewis - Florence Marryat - Richard Marsh - Michael McDowell - Christopher Priest - Forrest Reid - Bernard Taylor - Hugh Walpole
'The things were there and they were hiding in the slime; waiting . . . waiting to clutch and claw and savage' - AUNTY GREEN by John Blackburn
'The sound that came from her throat, a small, pleading cry of terror, was cut off before she'd hardly had a chance to utter it' - OUT OF SORTS by Bernard Taylor
'The words filled her with an indescribable fear, and she turned to run; but her way was blocked by a figure, gigantic in stature - and its monstrous shape moved towards her, and she knew it was the incarnation of evil itself ' - THE TERROR ON TOBIT by Charles Birkin
Michael McDowell
Michael McDowell has been a public school educator for 18 years. He has served as classroom teacher, academic and athletic coach, school principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent. As principal of a Title I high school, he designed and led innovative partnerships, including with the University of California system, that integrated career and technical education with college-preparatory courses, expanding equitable access and opportunity for all students. McDowell has also served as a faculty member at the Buck Institute for Education, an adjunct professor at San Francisco State University, and a school development coach with the New Tech Network. He is also the author of Strengthening Tier 1 Teaching and other books.
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