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J.U. Nicolson - Fingers of Fear Nov 11, 2015 21:03:16 GMT

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J.U. Nicolson - Fingers of Fear (Valancourt, Nov. 2015: originally 1937)

Utterly ruined by the stock market crash of 1929, Selden Seaforth has lost his money, his job, and his wife. When an old school friend, Ormond Ormes, offers Seaforth a job cataloguing the library at the mansion of Ormesby in the Berkshires, it seems as though things may finally be turning around. But almost as soon as he arrives at Ormesby, it is clear that something is terribly wrong. Ghosts stalk the corridors, and Seaforth awakens to find a mark made by a human mouth on his neck. Is there a vampire, a werewolf, or something even worse, at Ormesby? Seaforth must try to piece together the secrets of the strange Ormes family, but things take a still more sinister turn when the first brutally murdered corpse is found . . .

The only novel by J. U. Nicolson (1885-1944), Fingers of Fear (1937) was hailed by Karl Edward Wagner as one of the finest supernatural horror novels ever written, and it is perhaps unrivalled in its ability to evoke a weird and uncanny atmosphere of eerie dread. This edition features a reproduction of the original dust jacket art.

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The Fingers Of Fear just came crawling through my letterbox. Have fond memories of reading this way back in a Paperback Library (?) edition before losing all my books and vinyl in a squat raid! Bookstacy awaits!

From the first, I set myself against "literature"; the story was the thing, and no amount of style could persuade me to select a story that lacked genuine, unadulterated horror. For those who wanted something high-brow there was plenty. - Christine Campbell Thomson

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dem bones Janitor Of Lunacy Hail Horrors, Hail Thirsty Dog Posts: 17,495	J.U. Nicolson - Fingers of Fear Nov 12, 2015 8:19:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dem bones on Nov 12, 2015 8:19:39 GMT It's brilliant they had the good taste to go with the original artwork. Valancourt edition of Charles Birkin's Devil Spawn coming "later this month!"
	From the first, I set myself against "literature"; the story was the thing, and no amount of style could persuade me to select a story that lacked genuine, unadulterated horror. For those who wanted something high-brow there was plenty. - Christine Campbell Thomson

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J.U. Nicolson - Fingers of Fear Nov 12, 2015 8:41:02 GMT

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Nov 12, 2015 8:19:39 GMT dem bones said:

It's brilliant they had the good taste to go with the original artwork. Valancourt edition of Charles Birkin's Devil Spawn coming "later this month!"

Looking forward to this. Their previous Charles Birkin collection reprint, The Smell of Evil, was brilliant.

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