Just say the name and the memories come flooding back -- Somewhere in
Time, Duel, The Shrinking Man, I Am Legend, and
countless more. He's one of the greatest storytellers of our time -- or any
time.
Now Gauntlet Press has assembled He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating
Richard Matheson, a spectacular anthology of original, never-before
published stories by today's best writers -- stories set in Richard Matheson's
own fictional universes, and published with Mr. Matheson's complete
cooperation!
And, among the many contributions to the book, is the first collaboration
ever between Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, the novella "Throttle" --
their take on Matheson's classic "Duel." This is, obviously, a
once-in-a-lifetime publishing event, as it's father and son's first
collaboration. Both Stephen King and Joe Hill will be signing both the numbered
and lettered editions.
Other contributors to this anthology, edited by Christopher Conlon, include
F. Paul Wilson, Joe Lansdale, Whitley Strieber, Richard Christian Matheson,
William F. Nolan, Gary Braunbeck, Thomas Monteleone, John Shirley and an
introduction by Ramsey Campbell (additional contributors will be announced at a
later date).
And, as an added bonus, He Is Legend features the original full-length
screenplay "Conjure Wife" -- over 20,000 never-before published words by Richard
Matheson himself, in collaboration with the late Charles Beaumont that was
filmed as "Burn, Witch Burn."
Cover art and six interior illustrations by Matheson's favorite artist Harry
O. Morris.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor’s Note
Introduction: Matheson the Master by Ramsey
Campbell
A Tale Inspired by “Duel”: Throttle by Joe Hill
and Stephen King
A Sequel to “The Distributor”: Recalled by F.
Paul Wilson
A Prequel to I Am Legend: I Am Legend, Too by
Mick Garris
A Sequel to Somewhere in Time: Two Shots from
Fly’s Photo Gallery by John Shirley
A Variation on The Shrinking Man: The Diary of
Louise Carey by Thomas F. Monteleone
A Sequel to “Born of Man and Woman”: She Screech
Like Me by Michael A. Arnzen
A Sequel to “Button, Button”: Everything of Beauty
Taken from You in This Life Remains Forever by Gary A. Braunbeck
A Sequel to Someone is Bleeding: The Case of Peggy
Ann Lister by John Maclay
A Sequel to “The Children of Noah”: Zachry
Revisited by William F. Nolan
A Tale Inspired by “The Finishing Touches”:
Comeback by Ed Gorman
A Variation on “Disappearing Act”: An Island Unto
Himself by Barry Hoffman
A Tale Inspired by “Legion of Plotters”: Venturi
by Richard Christian Matheson
A Sequel to “Prey”: Quarry by Joe R.
Lansdale
A Prequel to Hell House: Return to Hell House by
Nancy A. Collins
A Tale Inspired by Collected Stories: Cloud Rider
by Whitley Strieber
…And an Original Screenplay: Conjure Wife by
Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont |