The Dreams of Cardinal Vittorini and other Strange Stories

✍ Scribed by Oliver, Reggie

• Book ID: 107757830
• Publisher: Tartarus Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 551 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

A doomed relationship in a seaside town that persists after death. . . . A convent in which there is always the unacknowledged presence of an extra nun. . . . A balding actor who acquires a mysterious wig after his rival goes missing. . . . A brilliant inventor who becomes trapped inside his own sinister computer game. . . . A sixteenth-century cardinal who is tormented by dreams of the sect he has persecuted.

Variety and originality of setting, strength of characterisation, stylistic elegance and narrative power are qualities for which Reggie Oliver has become well-known in his five volumes of ‘strange stories’. All are present in this groundbreaking debut volume, first published in 2003. It was a nominee for best collection of 2003 in the International Horror Guild Awards.

‘Oliver’s ability to create a sense of time and place in every one of these stories is exemplary. . . . As a work of spiritual terror it has few peers. . . .’ Jim Rockhill,All Hallows October 2003.

‘Oliver’s sharp eye for character and ear for dialogue never desert him. . . . He rediscovers many if not all the elements that make the English Ghost Story Classic.’ Ramsey Campbell, Dark Horizons , 2003.

‘A masterpiece of nebulous unease. . . . This impressive volume . . . richly deserves a place on your shelves.’ David Longhorn, Supernatural Tales , No. 6, Autumn 2003.