Richard Christian Matheson
1) Dystopia
The critically acclaimed collection of Richard Christian Matheson's stories of dread and the 'irreal'. Inescapably troubling and bizarre, these sixty stories are severe and immediate. These stories are a scape of ominous excess and psychological revelation. Matheson's heralded style is, as always, both distilled and hypnotic.
Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks was Richard Christian Matheson first published collection. With a foreword by Stephen King and an introduction by Dennis Etchison, this collection of twenty-seven short stories and one screenplay offers readers a variety of genres, including horror, thriller, dark fantasy, and psychological terror. The stories in this collection: THIRD WIND, THE GOOD ALWAYS COMES BACK, SENTENCES, UNKNOWN DRIVES, TIMED EXPOSURE,
...An incubus disguised as a high school girl puts a disturbing spin on the teacher/student fantasy. An engineer creates a robot with unexpected consequences during the end of the world. A man becomes the pet of alien invaders. From stories of aliens in other worlds to those living among us,...