With a cast of characters that ranges from man-eating flora to disgruntled devils and suburban salarymen (not that it's always easy to tell one from another), Collier's dazzling stories explore the implacable logic of lunacy, revealing a surreal landscape whose unstable surface is depth-charged with surprise. Fancies and Goodnights Vol 1 - John Collier - ebook - eNet Press 7.99 eBooks in three formats. Hoffmann and Charles Dickens as well as more recent masters like Jorge Luis Borges and Roald Dahl.

They stand out as one of the pinnacles in the critically neglected but perennially popular tradition of weird writing that includes E.T.A. John Collier's edgy, sardonic tales are works of rare wit, curious insight, and scary implication. With a cast of characters that ranges from man-eating flora to disgruntled devils and suburban salarymen (not that it's always easy to tell one from another), Collier's dazzling stories. John Collier's writing has been praised by authors such as Anthony Burgess, R John Collier was a British-born author and screenplay writer best known for his short stories, many of which. Individual stories are frequently anthologized in fantasy collections. And how often has one book scored both of those My favorite Collier story - which I list among my all-time favorite fifty crime tales - is 'Witch's Money. John Collier's edgy, sardonic tales are works of rare wit, curious insight, and scary implication. They were collected in a 1951 volume, Fancies and Goodnights, which is still in print. Fancies and Goodnights is a collection of fantasy short stories by John Collier, first published by Doubleday Books in hardcover in 1951. His story collection Fancies and Goodnights won both the Edgar Award and the International Fantasy Award.

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