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Offbeat : Uncollected Stories

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In the aptly titled Offbeat, Richard Matheson, a modern master of strange fiction, offers thirteen excursions into the unsettling and bizarre. In these stories you will encounter a major league pitcher with a horrific secret for his astonishing success; an ordinary man who wakes to find himself in a silent, empty world; a death row prisoner with an extraordinary explanation for his innocence; and a novelist whose fictional creations transcend the printed page.

Originally published as a limited edition hardcover, now long out of print, the remarkable and rare tales offered in Offbeat display the brilliant imagination that gave birth to such classics as I Am Legend and Hell House. This edition also features an afterword by the author and a new introduction by David J. Schow.

"Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions." - The New York Times

"The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson." - Stephen King

"Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

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  • ISBN-13: 9781943910649
  • ISBN-10: 1943910642
  • Publisher: Valancourt Books
  • Publish Date: February 2017
  • Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.47 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.38 pounds
  • Page Count: 188

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