{"product_id":"this-is-midnight-stories-9781948405393","title":"This Is Midnight: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe complete short fiction of a master of modern horror fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 'Out of Sorts', things get hairy for a man's wife and his mistress when he begins to feel unwell on the night of a full moon. In 'Travelling Light', a traveller is obliged to share a room with a strange man who seems to know a little too much about a series of bizarre murders in which wives have been slain by their husbands. A tourist fascinated by the serial killer John Reginald Christie undergoes an uncanny and horrific experience on a trip to London in 'Forget-Me-Not'. And in 'Samhain', marital strife threatens to turn deadly when a witch turns to black magic to do away with her pathetic husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thirteen stories collected here represent the complete short fiction of Bernard Taylor, one of the bestselling horror authors of the 1970s and '80s, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Godsend \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMother's Boys, \u003c\/em\u003eboth adapted for film, and \u003cem\u003eSweetheart, Sweetheart\u003c\/em\u003e, hailed by Charles L. Grant as the finest ghost story of all time. In these tales, which often feature an unexpectedly cruel or bizarre twist, Taylor offers a clever mixture of horror and black humour that will delight fans of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritical Acclaim for Bernard Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I enjoyed every horrid word of it' - \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eThe Godsend\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The best ghost story I have ever read ... a potential classic' - Charles L. Grant on \u003cem\u003eSweetheart, Sweetheart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Weaves a web that grows tighter with each turn of the page' - \u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eThe Reaping\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50922321019154,"sku":"9781948405393","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14437cbb-5e0f-4146-91c3-1aa05632aec6.jpg?v=1738928653","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-is-midnight-stories-9781948405393","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}