ARE SNAKES NECESSARY?
This irresistibly pulpy psycho-thriller is the first novel by film legend Brian De Palma (co-written with girlfriend Susan Lehman)
THE OK DOLL
The idea of a man in love with a doll is hardly a novel one, but in this screenplay England’s Peter Greenaway creates a uniquely witty and perverse take on man-doll love
ANIARA
The one and only science fiction epic poem, originally published in Swedish and reissued in English by Stephen Klass and Leif Sjöberg
DOORWAYS TO THE DEADEYE
This is the first novel by Eric J. Guignard, of 2018’s excellent short story collection THAT WHICH GROWS WILD
LUCIO FULCI’S THE GATES OF HELL
I’ve been interested in this comic series, adapted from Lucio Fulci’s anti-classic CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, ever since first hearing about it in the late nineties
HASHISH
Germany’s premiere example of “drug writing,” 1902’s HASHISH by Oscar A.H. Schmitz appears here in its first ever English translation
EDITH’S DIARY
A late period novel by the great Patricia Highsmith that showcases its author’s past-her-prime pedigree all too well
SAMALIO PARDULUS
A most fascinating excavation, this long-forgotten early twentieth century gothic novella by a German poet appears here in its first-ever English version
BLACK CHRISTMAS
It’s probably wrong to criticize this book overmuch, as novelizations are by nature an extremely hasty and disreputable form of literature. It’s true that occasionally a novelization will transcend its limitations, but this one doesn’t.
THE TOWN THAT TOOK A TRIP
This paperback relic, hailing from the psychedelic era, offers a fictional extrapolation on the real-life LSD contamination chronicled in THE DAY OF ST. ANTHONY’S FIRE by John G. Fuller