{"product_id":"9781878252722","title":"The Madness of Dr. Caligari","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited Joseph S. Pulver Sr. needs little introduction: in recent years he's attracted critcal acclaim-- and both nominations and awards for the anthologies \u003cem\u003eA Season in Carcosa, The Grimscribe's Puppets, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Cassilda's Song, \u003c\/em\u003eamong others. Author of numerous collections and novels himself, Joe's a true connoisseur of the weird, the dark, and the icky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For this anthology, he's tapped a select cast of weird fictioneers inspired by the 1920\u003cem\u003e uber\u003c\/em\u003e classic film \u003cem\u003eThe Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, \u003c\/em\u003earguably the granddaddy of lasting generations both of horror films and of\u003cem\u003e noir.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Psychiatry is an evil plot. Or is it?.. Hypnotism is only a parlor game?...Authority is abuse? What is reality, what is a sleepwalking dream, what is magical…. and what does it all mean? Or are the only meanings madness, murder, terror itself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e These 22 tales will entertain, horrify, enlighten, frighten, or madden the reader. But they'll surely not lull you into forgetting to look over your shoulder!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fedogan and Bremer Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049773449456,"sku":"9781878252722","price":15.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781878252722_p0.jpg?v=1763603084","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781878252722","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}