{"product_id":"9781943910649","title":"Offbeat: Uncollected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the aptly titled \u003cem\u003eOffbeat\u003c\/em\u003e, Richard Matheson, a modern master of strange fiction, offers thirteen excursions into the unsettling and bizarre. In these stories you will encounter a major league pitcher with a horrific secret for his astonishing success; an ordinary man who wakes to find himself in a silent, empty world; a death row prisoner with an extraordinary explanation for his innocence; and a novelist whose fictional creations transcend the printed page. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as a limited edition hardcover, now long out of print, the remarkable and rare tales offered in Offbeat display the brilliant imagination that gave birth to such classics as \u003cem\u003eI Am Legend\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHell House\u003c\/em\u003e. This edition also features an afterword by the author and a new introduction by David J. Schow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions.” - \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.” - Stephen King\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction.” - \u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valancourt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055818359024,"sku":"9781943910649","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943910649_p0.jpg?v=1763789626","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943910649","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}