{"product_id":"9780992712129","title":"Heidi Seek and other stories","description":"'He has a wonderful talent…convincing, finely focused and dark' -Alison MacLeod, author of Unexploded-\u003cbr\u003e'Subtle, intimate and haunting stories that resonate long after reading' -Danny Rhodes, author of FAN- \u003cbr\u003eHeidi Seek and other stories is A. F. McGuinness's debut collection, featuring award-winning fiction alongside brand new work.\u003cbr\u003e Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James and Franz Kafka - all past masters of mystery, imagination and horror - these dark, psychological tales delve into the haunted recesses of the human heart, exploring the fine line between dream and nightmare, good and evil, real and unreal; a twilight world where nothing and nobody is quite what they seem. Hidden here are lost souls, misfortunates and murderers, freak accidents and fated disasters - and a curse that rolls down the ages. In this unpredictable landscape, only one thing is certain: you can hide, but they will seek you out…\u003cbr\u003eThese six unsettling stories shine a light into the murky shadows of human deceit and desire, exposing hidden terrors lying just beneath the surface of the everyday: a deathbed confession rekindles shocking childhood memories of the 'Murder Game'; a magical weekend in Prague is interrupted by a mysterious femme fatale; a guilt-ridden priest prays for redemption under the hands of a devilish dentist; a sweat shop worker falls through layers of hallucination, his life on a knife-edge; adulterous lovers awake from bad dreams to find themselves in a heart-stopping nightmare; and in the title tale, 'Heidi Seek', a family rents an idyllic country cottage, unaware of its tragic past, until their daughter finds a macabre doll's head buried in the black mud…\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Red Sail Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127757717744,"sku":"9780992712129","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780992712129_p0.jpg?v=1763898121","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780992712129","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}