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Expanding on the concept behind Byron Preiss's Weird Heroes from the 1970s, George R. R. Martin's Wild Card series, and Michael Chabon's McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, The Darker Mask is a collection of original prose stories recalling the derring-do of the beings we call Superheroes and the worlds they fight to save. But unique to The Darker Mask stories is that these plots and characters color a literary universe outside of what has been predominantly white, idiosyncratic, and male in previous homages to pulp. This is the stuff of urban legends, new mythos, and extraordinary folks who might live in a soon-to-be-gentrified ghetto, the dreary rust-belt of the city, or in another dimension. The Darker Mask offers an eclectic mix of popular fiction writers exploring worlds gritty, visceral, and fantastic.
Including stories by: Walter Mosley, L. A. Banks, Naomi Hirahara, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Tananarive Due and Stephen Barnes, Mike Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ann Nocenti, Jerry Rodriguez, Reed Farrell Coleman, Doselle Young, Mat Johnson, Peter Spiegelman, Alexandra Sokoloff, Christopher Chambers, Gary Phillips, Victor LaValle, and Wayne Wilson.
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CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS is the author of Sympathy for the Devil and A Prayer for Deliverance. He is currently working on a historical novel titled Yella Patsy's Boys, about the African-American experience during the American Revolution.
GARY PHILLIPS is the author of the Ivan Monk series and the Martha Chainey series, as well as Bangers and the Perpetrators. His short fiction appeared most recently in Los Angeles Noir and Hollywood and Crime. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by editor Gary Phillips on the title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket as new in protective mylar sleeve. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 368 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Frontispiece. Audience: General/trade. Book as new except for toning to the edges of the pageblock and softening to the base of the spine. Remainder dot. Phillips is the Anthony Award-winning author of the Ivan Monk series and 'The Obama Inheritance'. Chambers is the author of 'Sympathy for the Devil' and 'A Prayer for Deliverance'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # Alibris.0011799
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Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2008. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 388pp.; illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear along top edge of jacket, else Fine. Signed by Gary Phillips, Naomi Hirahara, and Gar Anthony Haywood on title page. Seller Inventory # 32766
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Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. "Heroes from the Shadows: a collection of original prose stories offering a new interpretation of the beings we call superheroes. . . These are tales of extraordinary folks who have been ignored, marginalized, stereotyped." SIGNED by FIVE authors at their stories: by Victor LaValle at "The Angel of Loneliness", by Gar Anthony Haywood at "Heatseeker"; Reed Farrell Coleman at "Accidentally Like a Martyr"; Naomi Hirahara at 'Tat Master' and by Gary Phillips at "And What Shall We Call You?" Also includes stories by Walter Mosley, L. A. Banks, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Tananarive Due and Stephen Barnes, Mike Gonzales, Ann Nocenti, Jerry Rodriguez, Doselle Young, Mat Johnson, Peter Spiegelman, Alexandra Sokoloff, Christopher Chambers, and Wayne Wilson. Illustrated by Jeff Fisher, Brian Hurtt, Shawn Martinbrough and Sean Wang. Notes about the contributors. 368 pp. Near fine in a very near fine dustjacket.(remainder dot bottom edge). Seller Inventory # 48120