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In the aptly titled Offbeat, Richard Matheson, a modern master of strange fiction, offers 13 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.

Originally 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 I Am Legend and Hell House.

Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley, William Dufris, Scott Brick, Peter Berkrot, R. C. Bray, Anna Parker-Naples, Eric Martin, Jeffrey Kafer, Sean Runnette, Caitlin Davies, Mike Ortega, and Matt Godfrey.

©2002 Richard Matheson (P)2017 Valancourt Books Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Horror Science Fiction Scary Short Story

Critic reviews

"Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions." ( The New York Times)
"The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson." (Stephen King)
"Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction." ( The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Brilliant set of Matheson stories, as is to be expected, and the narrators are all perfect for their respective story. Fascinating to see more obscure tales of one of the greatest genre writers than just a repeat of the same "greatest hits" stories

Amazing collection and performances!

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