“There no monsters, only people with terrible, terrible problems.”
“From his first writings, Frank Dello Stritto described the classic horror films as a mythology. In his novels, he proves that. He ties together movies made over many years, by different studios, and aimed different audiences into cohesive tales—sagas built around supernatural beings and the mortals who confront them. In his works, what we see in the movies is only a fleeting glimpse into another world. Dello Stritto takes his readers through that looking glass and into a haunting, wondrous universe.”
Together for the first time: A Werewolf Remembers – The Testament of Lawrence Stewart Talbot, Carl Denham’s Giant Monsters, and The Passion of the Mummy (each available separately) in a collector’s boxed set. Each book and the box are numbered and autographed by the author. The box is beautifully designed and contains delightful “Easter eggs” of hidden treasures for those who unfold it.
A Werewolf Remembers is the memoir of Lawrence Talbot, the 20th Century’s most famous werewolf. His lost journals are found in a forgotten steamer trunk, and tell the story of a heroic man struggling with an ancient curse and a complex family history. In his journey, he meets, befriends, battles and loves fellow accursed beings.
In Carl Denham’s Giant Monsters, an elderly man lives in solitude on a small island in Indonesia. He is the film maker who captured the giant ape King Kong and fled New York after Kong’s rampage through the city. After a lifetime of exotic travel and adventures, he longs for one last expedition and for someone to tell his story. He finds his chronicler in a chance encounter, and tells of his unrecorded exploits.
The mummy of Prince Kharis has stood dormant in a Manhattan museum for many years. A young visitor somehow communes with the still sentient Kharis. As the boy grows, he is followed and secretly guided by the Cult of Karnak/Arkham. The Passion of the Mummy tells of the Cult’s quest to learn Kharis’ final secret of eternal life and youth.