The Rim of Morning
Two Tales of Cosmic Horror
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4.5 • 19 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Two “elegant, disquieting” novels of cosmic horror, collected in one volume with an introduction from Stephen King (Elizabeth Hand, bestselling author of Wylding Hall).
“I can think of no other novels exactly like these two, either in style or substance.” —Stephen King
In the 1930s, William Sloane wrote two brilliant novels that gave a whole new meaning to cosmic horror. In To Walk the Night, Bark Jones and his college buddy Jerry Lister, a science whiz, head back to their alma mater to visit a cherished professor of astronomy. They discover his body, consumed by fire, in his laboratory, and an uncannily beautiful young widow in his house—but nothing compares to the revelation that Jerry and Bark encounter in the deserts of Arizona at the end of the book.
In The Edge of Running Water, Julian Blair, a brilliant electrophysicist, has retired to a small town in remotest Maine after the death of his wife. His latest experiments threaten to shake up the town, not to mention the universe itself.
From a masterful craftsman of the spooky and horrifying, this collection of two classics of cosmic horror is a cornerstone in the library of any dedicated reader of horror fiction.
“Like Shirley Jackson, Sloane masterfully describes the paranoia and close-mindedness of an isolated rural community.” —Elizabeth Hand on To Walk the Night
“One of the great American horror novels.” —National Post on The Edge of Running Water
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
As the editor of two SF anthologies and director of Rutgers University Press, Sloane would easily have made a name for himself in the speculative fiction world even if he had not written these two tremendous novels. Reprinted for the first time in years, "To Walk the Night" and "The Edge of Running Water" blend SF and horror in a manner wholly unheard of when they were originally published in the 1930s. In "To Walk the Night," two inseparable friends discover an impossible murder and are slowly drawn into its mystery, which threatens to consume their lives as well. In "The Edge of Running Water," a genius electrophysicist attempts to pierce the barrier between life and death, with disastrous consequences. Sloane's eerie, exquisitely descriptive prose is influenced by Gothic literature as well as contemporary scientific theory. Sloane is the product of his time, of course, and he uses some outdated terms for people with learning disabilities (as does Stephen King, bafflingly and willingly enough, in his introduction), but his work is still impressively well executed. These all-but-forgotten texts make excellent reading for any fan of classic SF or eldritch horror.
Customer Reviews
Rim of Morning
The dark foreboding builds in such a creepy cool fashion that i was reminded of HP Lovecraft. Barely any violence or cursing and yet I couldn’t wait to pick it back up after work. Your mind races as to how each story is going to finish.
Excellent book to read
I couldn't stop reading
I read day and night until at this moment it's past midnight I finally finished the last book
The Rim of Morning
I am putting this author on my look for more books list
Lovecraftian
Book isn't out yet, but I've been waiting a long time for these 2 novels to be brought back into print.
The 30's feel of the stories do not date them, but add to the flavor of the tales. The horror is of a "cosmic" variety and compare well to the Weird Tales authors such as Lovecraftian, Henry Kuttner, Frank Belknap Long and the like.
Can't wait to re-read these outré tales again.