{"product_id":"really-really-really-really-weird-stories-paperback","title":"Really, Really, Really, Really Weird Stories: A New Edition with Four New Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Shirley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDan Sauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWELCOME TO THE WEIRD, WEIRD, WEIRD, WEIRD WORLD OF JOHN SHIRLEY...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow deep into the weird will you go? Will you wade to your knees? Your waist? Your shoulders? \u003cem\u003eWill you get in over your head?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis truly unique story collection from the acclaimed and unsettling John Shirley is organized into four sections. The first section is \u003cem\u003eReally Weird Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. The second is \u003cem\u003eReally, Really Weird Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. The third is \u003cem\u003eReally, Really, Really Weird Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. The fourth is-oh yes-\u003cem\u003eReally, Really, Really, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eReally\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Weird Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. And the author means what he says: each section is weirder than the last, doubling its strangeness a section at a time. The collection starts out disquieting; it becomes disturbing, then it gets outrageously weird-then \u003cstrong\u003emind-bending\u003c\/strong\u003e. Yet each story is a compelling narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the stories are set in the \"real world;\" others have a supernatural or science-fiction basis, or come from a place where genres are destroyed by explosive vision. \u003cstrong\u003eIn this edition there are four new stories\u003c\/strong\u003e, including the Lovecraftian Antarctic adventure \"A Boy and His Shoggoth,\" and, published here for the first time, \"The Whisperer Made Visible\"-a tale of secret treaties with horrors eldritch and invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated edition of \u003cem\u003eReally, Really, Really, Really Weird Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most impressive feats of sustained and varied weirdness since Harlan Ellison's landmark \u003cem\u003eDangerous Visions\u003c\/em\u003e anthologies. \u003cem\u003eYour mind is strong. Take the risk...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42122453876871,"sku":"9781956702064","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9e90447bf4012bae0e0443237e7aa8ec.webp?v=1732560140","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/really-really-really-really-weird-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}