Matinee at the Flame

Matinee at the Flame is a signed limited hardcover with each story illustrated by well known fantasy artist Glenn Chadbourne.

From the Back Cover

An elderly junk dealer finds redemption in a defunct burlesque theater. A middle-aged Jewish man discovers the aphrodisiacal powers of a Ku Klux Klan uniform. An annual street carnival provides the venue for legalized murder. Welcome to the world of Christopher Fahy, a world of fantastical transformation, where the ordinary takes bizarre and macabre twists: • A druggie wandering in Europe touches a medieval painting and is shockingly changed forever. • A middle aged bachelor loser becomes a slave to his TV set, which has him carry out its evil plans. • New dental work turns a cuckold into a vengeful killer. • A mild-mannered octogenarian comes back from the dead to right the wrongs of his familiar world. • A greedy businessman is trapped in a life-or-death game played with 1952 baseball cards. • Frankenstein’s monster visits his creator, Mary Shelley, in the dark of a sleepless night with love on his mind. • A hopeless young factory worker uses her savings to pay for a fantasy tryst with her idol, a dead rock star, and is shattered by the experience.

About the Author

Fahy’s stories have appeared in The Twilight Zone Magazine, Gallery, and many anthologies, including Night Screams; Predators; Cat Crimes I and II; Frankenstein: The Monster Wakes; Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy; Santa Clues; and The King is Dead: Tales of Elvis Postmortem. He has published four dark fantasy novels: Nightflyer; Dream House; Eternal Bliss; and The Lyssa Syndrome. This is his first collection of fantasy stories.

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