{"product_id":"2940149643264","title":"Captain Damnation and other strange tales - Anthology of short stories","description":"As an unashamed admirer of Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, and Roald Dahl's quirky tales I have added a touch of my own black humour to this collection of short stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy earliest childhood memories of blood curdling yarns on the radio, spoken by a man with a dark sepulchral voice, have left me with a lifetime's passion for what were once known (long before my time I might add) as 'Penny Dreadfuls' or American Dime Novels: lurid tales of mysterious mayhem designed to deliciously shock and horrify our impressionable young minds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScience can explain away so many mysteries but it is often the creepy-unexpected that trips you up and opens the door to superstitious dread. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever where my tales have a ghostly theme running through them they will often have a perfectly rational explanation. Occasionally they may even raise a smile or two. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModern lives are driven at such a fast pace with all the demands on our time and leisure that we often try and fit twenty-five hours into every working day, thus leaving very little space to absorb and do justice to the full length novel. This is why I believe the 'Ten-Minute-Tale' has a place to lift us out of the mundane. I hope you enjoy these offerings as you 'cherry-pick' your path along life's crooked highway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook reviews online: PublishedBestsellers website.","brand":"Pneuma Springs Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101273538800,"sku":"2940149643264","price":3.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149643264_p0.jpg?v=1763721465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149643264","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}