Woman Food And God

Winter, Douglas E. (ed) -Ramsey Campbell, David Morrell, Whitley Strieber, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Stephen King, Thomas Tessier, M. John Harrison, Jack Cady, Charles L. Grant, Paul Hazel, Dennis Etchison, Thomas Ligotti: Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror -The Pool, Next Time You'll Know Me, Spinnings Tales with the Dead, The Juniper Tree, Food, Coming to Grief, The Blood Kiss, Having a Woman at Lunch, The Night Flier, Alice's Last Adventure, +++++ Toronto Penguin Books Canada 1989
0451159098 Very Good Plus

-----Tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, no names, 380 pages, minor edge wear. "These are tales that strike beyond sheer terror, as their disturbing visions capture the dark reality we al fear." Contents include: Intro "What Makes Great Horror Fiction?" by Douglas E. Winter / The Night Flier by Stephen King / Having a Woman at Lunch by Paul Hazel / The Blood Kiss by Dennis Etchison / Coming to Grief by Clive Barker / Food by Thomas Tessier / The Great God Pan by M. John Harrison / Orange Is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity by David Morrell / The Juniper Tree by Peter Straub / Spinning Tales with the Dead by Charles L. Grant / Alice's Last Adventure by Thomas Ligotti / Next Time You'll Know Me by Ramsey Campbell / The Pool by Whitley Strieber / By Reason of Darkness by Jack Cady. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo 1st Edition 2nd Printing Canadian Soft Cover

[SW: FANTASY FICTION HORROR TALES AMERICAN, -----Tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, no names, 380 pages, minor edge wear. "These are tales that strike beyond sheer terror, as their disturbing visions capture the dark reality we al fear." Contents include: Intro by Douglas E. Winter / The Night Flier by Stephen King / Having a Woman at Lunch by Paul Hazel / The Blood Kiss by Dennis Etchison / Coming to Grief by Clive Barker / Food by Thomas Tessier / The Great God Pan by M. John Harrison / Orange Is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity by David Morrell / The Juniper Tree by Peter Straub / Spinning Tales with the Dead by Charles L. Grant / Alice's Last Adventure by Thomas Ligotti / Next Time You'll Know Me by Ramsey Campbell / The Pool by Whitley Strieber / By Reason of Darkness by Jack Cady. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock Photo, Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror , "What Makes Great Horror Fiction?" by Douglas E. WinterHorror]

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UNIDENTIFIED: c1850-60 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN'S TRIALS AND TRAVAILS DURING THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE AND TALES OF STORMS, SHIPWRECKS, CASTAWAYS AND BEAR MEAT DURING AN EVENT FILLED EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA, Mullinmore Cty Mayo Ireland Elmsley Ontario Lanark
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On offer is an extraordinary handwritten manuscript relic of the Irish potato famine and the subsequent massive emigration of Irish people to North America being a first hand journal account [pp 1-8 then 13-16] of a young woman's terrible times in Ireland and her fantastic tale of coming to North America circa 1847. It begins "in long years ago when I was married and was the mother of two little boys I lived in an old log shanty. I saw what I think was vision, I was no believer in ghosts, my mother told me she never seen one, myself and two children was left four or five days without food...." The girl was born in Mullinmore County Mayo Connaught & Cristand [sic] in Knox Church. When she left Ireland a priest gave her half a crown to buy a dress, and told her she is going to a hard country and would one day be a 'cannuck' being the nickname for Canadians. They crossed the ocean in a ship named the "Robert & Isabella" a government ship [one internet search shows a like named ship leaving for Quebec in 1847 and arriving with another 16 ships with over 3500 in steerage from Ireland], it was painted black. There was a tremendous storm and the Captain said they drifted several thousand miles off course 'to some island, I think called Greenwich'. They came upon the snow covered island with two castaways - Craftin Gidden and Edward Wills - on it. They were wearing furs, they brought bear meat onto the ship, and drove a lot of "white bears" to the ship as a shepherd would. Their ship was wrecked and they were stranded for three years. "There was a shark, one of those sea monsters that followed the ships for dead bodies, but he got none from us. I remember seeing the lighthouse." She writes of relatives aboard that go to America and like herself to Canada. This one of a kind diary is a history of an era but also a look into the soul of a people. She writes: "As we left the shores of our native land there was not a dry eye on board as the poor but good harted irish stud hand in and deck may god forgive there opresser, I don't think there is any people on earth can bid goodbye and say god speed as they can sing an affectionate song." Of the Irish she continues: "There as welcome for the brawny sons of tile the yankey liked him because he could dig the canal, the Canadian like him because he could chop down the forest." She writes of ending in Canada and research suggests she settles in Elmsley Ontario in Lanark County near Perth and Smith's Falls. Given the number of clues provided by the woman her identity may yet be revealed by someone able to do the in-depth research.This is truly a unique personal retelling of one woman's incredible story and perspective of an unparalleled, tangential moment in human history. Overall VG. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Manuscript

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Winter, Douglas E. (editor) (Stephen King; Paul Hazel; Dennis Etchison; Clive Barker; Thomas Tessier; M. John Harrison; David Morrell; Peter Straub; Charles L. Grant; Thomas Ligotti; Ramsey Campbell; Whitley Strieber; Jack Cady): PRIME EVIL: Night Flier; Having a Woman at Lunch; The Blood Kiss; Coming to Grief; Food; The Great God Pan; Orange is for Anguish Blue for Insanity; The Juniper Tree; Spinning Tales with the Dead; Alice's Last Adventure; Next Time You'll Know Me, New York Signet Books - New American Library 1989
0451159098 Very Good

380 pp. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; not store stamped. This anthology contains: The Night Flier by Stephen King; Having a Woman at Lunch by Paul Hazel; The Blood Kiss by Dennis Etchison; Coming to Grief by Clive Barker; Food by Thomas Tessier; The Great God Pan by M. John Harrison; Orange is for Anguish Blue for Insanity by David Morrell; The Juniper Tree by Peter Straub; Spinning Tales with the Dead by Charles L. Grant; Alice's Last Adventure by Thomas Ligotti; Next Time You'll Know Me by Ramsey Campbell; The Pool by Whitley Strieber; and By Reason of Darkness by Jack Cady. Second Printing Paperback

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Winter, Douglas (ed.) Stephen King; Whitley Strieber; Paul Hazel; Dennis Etchison; Clive Barker; Thomas Tessier; M John Harrison; David Morrell; Peter Straub; Charles L Grant; Thomas Ligotti; Ramsey Campbell; Jack Cady: Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror ( Night Flier; Spinning Tales with the Dead; Alice's Last Adventure; Having a Woman at Lunch; The Blood Kiss; Coming to Grief; Food; The Great God Pan; Orange is for Anguish Blue for Insanity; etc) N.Y.: NAL / New American Library, 1988, 1st Edition, 1st Printing ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0453005721
0453005721 Near Fine Thomas Canty Cover Art

......................hardcover, Near Fine in an attractive Good dustjacket with short tears and chips mainly along the upper edge, a classic horror collection, contents include: The Night Flier by Stephen King; Having a Woman at Lunch by Paul Hazel; Alice's Last Adventure by Thomas Ligotti; Next Time You'll Know Me by Ramsey Campbell; The Pool by Whitley Strieber; By Reason of Darkness by Jack Cady; The Blood Kiss by Dennis Etchison; Coming to Grief by Clive Barker; Food by Thomas Tessier; The Great God Pan by M John Harrison; Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity by David Morrell; The Juniper Tree by Peter Straub; Spinning Tales with the Dead by Charles L Grant, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo First Edition Good Hard Cover; First Edition

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