Search Results: the beak doctor short fiction 1972 1976 by basso eric

Paradise, California, U.S.A.: Asylum Arts - Leaping Dog Press, 2005. Stated First Edition at copyright page with copyright dates of 1974, 1975, 1976, 1999 by Eric Basso. Rare original material of five short tales, or novellas, of pre-eminently weird spook from Asylum Arts. Smooth black wraps with spartanly direct titles and cover art by Basso himself, moderate shelf, corner wear, curl. Cover art by Basso circa 1977 features a rather eerily appearing bird; may be referring a doctor wearing a beak mask filled with herbs to protect from a sixteenth century malady. Pages near fine; no writing. Bind fine, square. Near fine intriguing rarity. Includes the title novella by the late author and poet (1947-2019), first published as a serial in 1976. The title tale "The Beak Doctor" was later published here by Asylum Arts in 1999. Finally, in 2011 it was part of a huge anthology of "bizarre" shorts in the tome "The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories"… Read More