{"product_id":"a-different-darkness-and-other-luigi-musolino-9781954321731","title":"A Different Darkness and Other Abominations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe highly original and truly terrifying folk horror of Italy's Luigi Musolino was introduced to an international audience in the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and now at last an entire volume of the author's best work - eight stories and three novellas - is available in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 'Lactic Acid', a jogger takes an unfamiliar shortcut and quickly finds himself trapped in a nightmare from which there may be no escape. In 'Uironda', a strange urban legend overheard at a rest stop becomes a horrifying reality for one truck driver. 'The Last Box' tells of a grieving contortionist's plan to make contact with his dead trapeze artist wife by twisting his body into the abstruse angles of her mangled corpse. And in the title novella, after a little girl vanishes in a supermarket, her parents find a strange solace when they find a bottomless pit in their basement from which her laughter seems to echo - but the abyss's shimmering darkness is not what it seems ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusolino's tales, set among the plains and mountains of his native Piedmont, are uniquely Italian, but the darkness he probes is universal. As Brian Evenson writes in the introduction, 'Musolino has a strong and original voice and uses it to get to some uniquely dark places. Rather than blood or gore, he's ultimately interested in what's truly terrifying: the vertiginous darkness that threatens to open up and swallow us. A darkness that calls to us, calls to us, until we can't help but answer and stumble toward it.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An experience worthy of David Cronenberg, a sick and monstrous universe where authors like Barker and Ligotti would feel right at home.' - Nicola Lombardi, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Gypsy Spiders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luigi Musolino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954321732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954321731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Luigi Musolino","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075050467583,"sku":"9781954321731","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7801482c-cf06-4123-b494-357bd75068e9.jpg?v=1685457318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-different-darkness-and-other-luigi-musolino-9781954321731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}