I Want to Party With the Guy Who Wrote Those Stories

And he was me.  I spent some time last week bringing my collection “The Fall of the House of Escher & Other Illusions” back to life as an e-book.  This was published in 1995 – one of a series that included “Something Haunts Us All,” by Brian A. Hopkins, “Fugue Devil & Other Weird Hororrs,” by Stephen Mark Rainey, and “Endorphins,” by Nancy Kilpatrick.  Volumes were also scheduled by Lois Tilton and John B. Rosenman, but the project faltered.

Anyway…it was interesting to go back and read the stories that defined my early career.  I wrote with a lot of energy and passion back then – a little less craft, but for the most part, they stand up.  Hell, I wrote novels based on two of the stories in this volume…I guess they stuck with me.

More on this in my Storytellers Unplugged Essay “A Week in the Wayback Machine,”

More on the book itself:  I had to rescan and format two of the stories, and scan the artwork.  It was a labor of love, let me tell you.  I can say – I don’t write like this anymore.  On one hand, I know the craft has improved.  On the other, there’s an enthusiasm and style to these very early stories of mine that I still enjoy.  This collection includes a romantic fantasy, two vampire stories, a couple of my patented religious horror stories…in other words, variety.  I’ve published all the stories separately, and then I published the entire collection with all the original illustrations intact.

This is the first ever fiction collection by author David Niall Wilson. It was originally published as a signed, limited edition trade paperback in 1995.&nbsp; This book includes many early stories that have never been reprinted, and two – notably “On the Third Day,” and “A Candle Lit in Sunlight” that were later expanded to full-length novels.&nbsp; The cover is by the late and sorely missed Augie Wiedeman and the interior illustrations are by Michael Grilla. </P> <P>This collection includes vampires, magic, Lovecraftian horror, and religious fable. The introduction is by the late grandmaster of horror and fantasy, Hugh B. Cave.

All of the stories in this collection can be ordered individually on the site – or you can get the collection with original illustrations here.  DOWNLOAD THE COLLECTION FROM MACABRE INK DIGITAL. Or click the titles below to order the individual stories.  Very short stories have dropped to .50.

The contents include:

The Fall of the House of Escher
A Candle Lit in Sunlight
Miracles in the Night
On the Third Day
Yours, the Vengeance
On the Road to Damascus
Sparkling Eyes