Sylvan Dread. Tales of Pastoral Darkness.
Richmond Vista, CA: Three Hands Press, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Original black cloth illustrated and lettered in copper. Edition limited to 1,000 copies. From the publisher as a "Richard Gavin's long awaited fifth collection of preternatural tales. Bound within are thirteen nightmares exploring the Sinister Pastoral, the dominion prevailing at the intersection of mortal reckoning and the primoridum of daemonic Nature. As a meditation on the forces of predation and parasitism, monstrous fecundity and decay, and those hidden folk who occupy the spaces between the branches, Sylvan Dread evokes the primeval wood — the place where all dreams and nightmares begin. In this isolate copse we witness the excavation of abominations long earthbound, the twilight of the rational, and the forgotten violence of the Dionysian Rite". Appears unread, thus Fine in lightly rubbed, near Fine dust jacket. Item #60821
ISBN: 9781945147029
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