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Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN-13: 978-1948405010
List Price: $39.99 U.S.
Pages: 340
Published: 2018
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Trade paper

ISBN-13: 978-1948405027
List Price: $22.99 U.S.
Pages: 340
Published: 2018
Figures Unseen
Steve Rasnic Tem
Introduction by Simon Strantzas


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In the worlds of Steve Rasnic Tem a father takes his son “fishing” in the deepest part of downtown, flayed rabbits visit a suburban back yard, a man is haunted by a surrealistic nightmare of crutches, a father is unable to rescue his son from a nightmare of trees, a bereaved man transforms memories of his wife into performance art, great moving cliffs of detritus randomly prowl the world, a seemingly pointless life finds final expression in bits of folded paper, a nuclear holocaust brings about a new mythology, an isolated man discovers he’s part of a terrifying community, a photographer discovers the unexpected in the faces of dead children, and a couple’s aging dismantles reality.  

Winner of the World Fantasy, British Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards, Tem has earned a reputation as one of the finest and most original short fiction writers of our time, blending elements of horror, dark fantasy, science fiction and surreal nightmare into a genre uniquely his own. This new volume collects for the first time thirty-five of Tem’s best tales, selected by the author, and includes an introduction by Simon Strantzas.

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“One of the finest and most productive writers of imaginative literature in North America.” – Dan Simmons

“Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself.” – Joe R. Lansdale
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“He’s one of the true masters.” – Ed Gorman​



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​Author biography:

Steve Rasnic Tem has published over 430 short stories, seven novels, and ten collections during a career spanning forty years. He is a past recipient of the World Fantasy Award and the British Fantasy Award, and his 2014 novel Blood Kin won the Bram Stoker Award. His latest novel, Ubo (Solaris, 2017), is a dark science fiction tale about violence and its origins, featuring such historical viewpoint characters as Jack the Ripper, Stalin, and Heinrich Himmler. Yours to Tell: Dialogues on the Art & Practice of Writing, written with his late wife Melanie, also appeared from Apex Books in 2017.


"We owe a debt of gratitude to the publisher Valancourt, whose aim is to resurrect some neglected works of literature, especially those incorporating a supernatural strand, and make them available to a new readership." 
- Times Literary Supplement

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