{"product_id":"monuments-in-darkness-paperback-1","title":"Monuments in Darkness - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Kaufmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume commemorates Nicholas Kaufmann's twenty-five years as a writer of weird fiction, which began with the story \"La Bête Est Morte\" (2000). In this diverse volume of his recent tales we find narratives such as \"The Fire and the Stag\" and \"The Fifth Horseman,\" which suggest that the universe is under the control of a malevolent deity. \"The Rest Is Noise\" hints at the weird power of music, while \"Lucienne\" fuses crime and the supernatural in its tribute to Edgar Allan Poe. \"Every Path Taken\" draws upon H. P. Lovecraft's \"The Whisperer in Darkness\" in broaching the possibility of brains kept alive outside the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Whatever Happened to Solstice Young\" we are introduced to a fetching young woman possibly endowed with supernatural powers; \"Companion\" tells of a man haunted by the ghost of his own father. And in a concluding novella of great power and richness, \"General Slocum's Gold\" again melds hard-boiled crime with a grisly horror from the past. Throughout, Kaufmann's supple prose and sensitivity to the nuances of character are shiningly evident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas Kaufmann\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eIn the Shadow of the Axe\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and the story collections \u003cem\u003eWalk in Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) and \u003cem\u003eStill Life\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). He has also written a series of supernatural novels about Dr. Laura Powell (\u003cem\u003eThe Hungry Earth, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Stone Serpent, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Mind Worms\u003c\/em\u003e [2021-24]).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265279672569,"sku":"9781614984719","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/J_v3GN6pYe9781614984719_c4bb9cf8-b35c-4169-9ee6-e21e8a716e5a.webp?v=1768839536","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/monuments-in-darkness-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}