Midnight: It is the sequence of solitary origin and invention, celebrated at midnight, according to the Byzantine system of measuring hours. There is something special about these small hours, which calls the soul to journey outward, into uncharted and sometimes dangerous territories. Snapshots of such journeys are the fifteen stories of dark fantasy and horror contained in this book. Each one holds a piece of midnight within it.
A Signal: A retired psychiatrist reminisces about the case of a patient who marked him - and continues to haunt him.
Femme Fatale: The beauty is followed by the terrible, in a love story that is different from others. This short story was included in the anniversary edition for the 10th anniversary of the Greek forum for fantastic literature, sff.gr.
The Laugh of the Cat: A black cat that seems to have escaped from the pages of Edgar Allan Poe leads the narrator and readers down strange paths.
The Figure at the Window: A winter mural, seen through a distorting window.
Perinatal Period: Through her love for her child, a mother achieves the impossible. The miracle of birth and life, inverted, through the prism of horror.
Buttons and Switches: The gap in human communication, viewed through the lens of science fiction, black humor, the monitor of a malfunctioning killing machine, and the unclouded gaze of a baby!
Small Town: A dreamlike return to the past, in a magical city, crowned with spectral fog that has frozen in time. A text written for the people who are missing but, in their own way, still exist within us.
Chrysalis: Loss torments a solitary soul more than anything else, struggling to prove that what does not exist is merely what we did not desire enough.
Managing Crisis: Is reality as we define it, or as others define it for us? Does each person's truth coincide with their perspective?
Psycho-Pomp: A text written for strange cities and inexplicable, ambiguous things that happen at night. This short story stood out in the literary competition for fantastic short stories "Haunted City," organized by Ars Nocturna.
Crimes in the Metropolis: Comical tales about an otherworldly customs lead, step by step, to the collapse of a Kafkaesque nightmare scenario.
La fin absolue du monde: A literary counterpart to the psychological Rorschach test from which the reader is called to interpret and draw conclusions that suit them best or that they need.
Seven Red Gems: A tribute and nostalgia for series like Tales from the Crypt and the unmatched horror video tapes of the '70s and '80s.
On Call (a screenplay): A screenplay for a film that never existed and will never exist, about what doctors learn to call being on call from hell. Written during a night shift.
The Testament of H.P. Lovecraft: A story - a tribute to the great "dark baroque prince of the Fantastic," Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Giorgos Lagonas
- Publisher
- Ekdoseis Ostria
- Type
- Fantasy
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 246
- Release Date
- 3/2015
- Publication Date
- 2015
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9786185145446
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