Mammoth Books Presents the Reunion
โ Scribed by Nicholas Royle
- Book ID
- 111135025
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781472102430
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"The Reunion" is based on actual events," reveals the author, "but the story only really came into focus for me when I was invited to contribute to Ellen Datlow's Poe anthology. Poe is brilliant. I was at a conference recently where a teacher revealed that she had read Poe's 'The Black Cat' to a lecture theatre full of schoolchildren. She switched off all the lights and used a torch to read by. A number of parents lodged complaints, which she took as a measure of the event's success. My tale is inspired by a different Poe story."
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