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01870aam a2200253Mi 4500 001 02087DCA97C711ED9D97ED103FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230119010040 008 190807s2019 mdu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1587677156 020 $a 9781587677151 035 $a (OCoLC)1112161816 040 $a CPP $b eng $e rda $c CPP $d UUC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d OCLCO $d JIN $d SILO 100 1 $a Chizmar, Richard. 245 14 $a The long way home / $c stories by Richard Chizmar. 264 1 $a Baltimore : $b Cemetery Dance Publications, $c 2019. 300 $a 500 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a The tales here cover every corner of dark fiction, from the time-warped noir of "Dirty Coppers" to the blood-red west of "The Custer Files." But it's in traditional horror that he really ups the ante. The particulars may seem familiar at first--the rainy-day child murders in "Roses and Raindrops," the allegedly cursed lighthouse in "Widow's Point"--but readers will be surprised at how quickly they're hooked and shocked at how the stories wend their way to unexpected conclusions. Chizmar has a genuine gift for undermining expectations and infusing the widely known tropes of the genre with fresh power 505 00 $t Story notes $t The bad guys -- $t The meek shall inherit... -- $t Silent night -- $t Widow's point -- $t My father and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine -- $t The witch -- $t A nightmare on Elm Lane -- $t Dirty Coppers -- $t Mischief -- $t The man in the black sweater -- $t Odd numbers -- $t The hunch -- $t Roses and raindrops -- $t Stephen King at 70: a tribute to the gunslinger -- $t The association -- $t The sculptor -- $t Murder house script -- $t The custer files -- $t The long way home -- $t Story notes 650 8 $a Short stories. 941 $a 1 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20230119010930.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02087DCA97C711ED9D97ED103FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search