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Prayers to Broken Stones

by Dan Simmons
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Overview

A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her.... An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror.... During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror.... From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind.

From the Paperback edition.

Since winning the first Rod Serling Twilight Zone contest (for "The River Styx Runs Upstream, " contained in this volume), Simmons has received the Hugo for Hyperion, World Fantasy for Song of Kali, and the Bram Stoker for Carrion Comfort. Contains 13 stories. Preview of Simmons' new September Bantam hardcover, The Hollow Man.

Synopsis

A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her.... An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror.... During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror.... From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind.

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Book Details

Published
October 1, 1997
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pages
432
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780553762525

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