OFFBEAT TALES: Of Fantasy, Horror, Humor and Hope

A BOOK OF VITALITY, IMAGINATION AND MEMORABLE CHARACTERS---it merges mythology and supernatural adventure with dystopian horror in the future American cities. Its historical settings range from ancient Judea to Renaissance Italy----and over all this is peppered some lighthearted splice of life adventures whose sentimental humor will balance the often dark aspects of the other tales. In this book, you will meet- THE AMAZON: A superhuman female who hunts and brutalizes intellectuals, carrying them to a house occupied by perhaps the most depressing man who ever lived, a man Kierkegaard would have diagnosed as being in a state of enclosed reserve. Her latest victim must find his way out of this house and must explain why the Amazon holds this depressing man hostage. THE LYCANTHROPE: A man romantically obsessed with his dance teacher, a woman with a dark and foreboding power that irrevocably changes his destiny. THE GHOUL SQUAD: A team of policemen, whose mission will soon be obsolete, patrol the slums of a futuristic city where humanity has devolved to a level subhuman and cannibalistic----and the team members pray they can reach retirement while their lives hang by a thread. THE DOCTOR AT THE WINERY: This physician has a refined palate for table wine and carries a torch for an old love interest, only to discover that his favorite winery holds some terrible secrets for him and an invitation to spend the rest of eternity with a woman he realizes he's better off without. THE DECURION: A Roman soldier who patrols the Isle of Capri a hundred yards from Tiberius' summer palace and watches the emperor's victims come down in pieces from the sacramental butcheries in the temple above him. THE ISLAND PRIVATE EYE: A private detective living in Aruba discovers a young man who suffers from an unknown blood disorder and a young lady with a strange and unique appetite.

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