Offbeat

<p>In the aptly titled <em>Offbeat</em> 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. </p><p>Originally 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 <em>I Am Legend</em> and <em>Hell House</em>. This edition also features an afterword by the author and a new introduction by David J. Schow.</p><p>“Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions.” - <em>The New York Times</em></p><p>“The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.” - Stephen King</p><p>“Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction.” - <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer</em></p>