The Neverending Story

The Neverending StoryThis epic work of the imagination has captured the hearts of millions of readers worldwide since it was first published. Its special story within a story is an irresistible invitation for readers to become part of the book itself. The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica. Only a human can save this enchanted place by giving its ruler, the Childlike Empress, a

A local occultist commune is suspected of the crime

corruption

In this volume of his collected essays on Lovecraft

with a dash of Beckett for absurd measure

Smith's early work was written under the tutelage of the celebrated California poet George Sterling

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but at last we can confirm what you’ve secretly always dreamed of: All your friends are here

Philip K Dick

Massachusetts

but during his lifetime he wrote far more essays than stories

He encounters a strange shopkeeper who draws him into an intoxicating new obsession and sets him on a path towards mutilation and destruction

complete with the original colored words