Publisher: Die, Monster, Die! Format: Chapbook Length: 32 pages Date Published: 2002 This chapbook is normally unsigned, but our copies are autographed by the author. Publisher description: Mooncat Jack, a tale of childhood nightmares and a family's dark secrets, was published in June 2002 by Die, Monster, Die Books. This thirty-two page, limited run chapbook includes the short stories "Mooncat Jack" and "Trick" by James Chambers, illustrated by Richard P Clark and Stephanie Chambers. "There are new writers, there are innovators, and then there are one-of-a-kind talents like Chambers whose creeping, haunting style is not only a welcome relief in a weary genre, but one of the snappiest to come along in decades. This is one mean word jockey, and his Mooncat Jack seems to have an endless world of possibilities." -— C.J. Henderson, author of the Jack Hagee mysteries and the Teddy London supernatural mysteries "James Chambers's provocative tales provide fresh urban legendry, the surprising twists of which cannot be ignored." -— Stanley C. Sargent, author of Ancient Exhumations and artist Excerpt from Mooncat Jack: "I guess I dozed off with the light on, because later I woke up still dressed and on top of my covers with a comic book stretched across my stomach. Something had jarred me awake, and I looked around, realizing that the odd shadows dancing across the ceiling came from my lamp, which had fallen to the floor where it now rocked back and forth. Damp air filled the room and rain spattered my legs. The window gaped open. The curtains flared in the snapping wind. Someone laughed. I turned on my side, looking for Matty. A hulking black shape hovered over him, chuckling as he bent and lifted my little brother from his bed, the sheets sliding lose like discarded wrapping paper. Matty opened his eyes, too scared to make a sound. Tears welled onto his cheeks. He stared at me, pleading in silence for help..." Availability: Usually ships within 2-3 business days. Retail price: $4.95 |
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