{"product_id":"offbeat-richard-matheson-9781943910649","title":"Offbeat: Uncollected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the aptly titled \u003cem\u003eOffbeat\u003c\/em\u003e, Richard Matheson, a modern master of strange fiction, offers thirteen excursions into the unsettling and bizarre. In these stories you will encounter a major league pitcher with a horrific secret for his astonishing success; an ordinary man who wakes to find himself in a silent, empty world; a death row prisoner with an extraordinary explanation for his innocence; and a novelist whose fictional creations transcend the printed page. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOriginally published as a limited edition hardcover, now long out of print, the remarkable and rare tales offered in Offbeat display the brilliant imagination that gave birth to such classics as \u003cem\u003eI Am Legend\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHell House\u003c\/em\u003e. This edition also features an afterword by the author and a new introduction by David J. Schow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions.\" - \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.\" - Stephen King\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction.\" - \u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Matheson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943910642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943910649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Richard Matheson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983932031231,"sku":"9781943910649","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_424d41b0-7bdb-47e3-acbc-670f9296ee1f.jpg?v=1683269551","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/offbeat-richard-matheson-9781943910649","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}