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A Little Blue Book of Bibliomancy

by Chet Williamson · 2021

ISBN:  Unavailable

Category: Fiction / Horror

Page count: 107

<p>Though primarily a writer of very accomplished fiction, Chet Williamson has also written non-fiction books, essays, plays, reviews, songs, and letters of complaint. What you’ll find in these pages is a grab-bag of his work that is largely unseen by his usual audience.</p><p><br></p><p>There is one piece of fiction: “Returns.” And it is new to all but two readers.</p><p><br></p><p>About ten years ago, Williamson began a secondary career as a playwright, having had a few produced—the most recent of which was He Comes For His Books, a roman a clef about Harold Pinter and first wife Vivien Merchant.</p><p><br></p><p>There are two plays in his Little Blue Book—one a dramatic adaptation of one of his short stories, and the other of a novella. In the case of the novella, The Story of Noichi the Blind, Booklist said, &quot;This extraordinary performance makes such comparably transgressive writing as the Marquis de Sade’s seem totally crude.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>The remaining pages contain reviews, tributes to four writers, and a handful of essays and blogs.</p><p><br></p><p>A Little Blue Book of Bibliomancy promises to give readers new insights into one of our favorite writers.</p>