Love that 'The Jonah' cover. The 'Night Shift' one is great as well - the eye holes are actually cut outs aren't they? Great blog - I check it out everyday.
Ah… That copy of Tessier's The Nightwalker. I still remember finding that in a used book shop a few days after I'd moved to Berkeley. Great friggin' book and a damn fine cover. I need to reread that thing.
I worked in my parents' bookstores during this period and recall shelving all of the great horror novels of the day. That was a genuine boom for horror fiction.
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Love that 'The Jonah' cover. The 'Night Shift' one is great as well - the eye holes are actually cut outs aren't they?
ReplyDeleteGreat blog - I check it out everyday.
Ah… That copy of Tessier's The Nightwalker. I still remember finding that in a used book shop a few days after I'd moved to Berkeley. Great friggin' book and a damn fine cover. I need to reread that thing.
ReplyDeleteThe Jonah definitely has a cool appeal to it, while Night's Yawning Peal is quietly disconcerting. I guess it's the snake tongues that does it.
ReplyDeleteLincoln Brown, yes the eyes were cut-out on 'Night Shift'. That's the copy I had way back when.
ReplyDeleteLove this post.
Thanks Al! And here's my scan of NIGHT SHIFT:
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I worked in my parents' bookstores during this period and recall shelving all of the great horror novels of the day. That was a genuine boom for horror fiction.
ReplyDeleteWhite wolves with coral snakes for tongus? Sp-o-o-o-o-o-ky...
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