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Michael McDowell (1950-1999) was an American novelist and screenwriter. He received a B.A. and an M.A. from Harvard College and a Ph.D in English from Brandeis University in 1978 based on a dissertation entitled "American Attitudes Toward Death, 1825-1865." Stephen King once described him as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today." Further, King in his book Danse Macabre, listed McDowells novel’s The Amulet and Cold Moon Over Babylon as, at the time of writing, being amongst his favourite books.

Michael McDowell (1950-1999) was an American novelist and screenwriter.

One of the finest southern Gothics ever written, Blackwater is generally acknowledged to be the late Michael McDowell's finest achievement, and, taken as a whole, one of the best horror novels of the 1980s This has been long out of print his edition has a fine new introduction by Poppy Z.

CDowell was at the height of his powers when he wrote Blackwater,a six-part novel about the powers exerted by the mysterious Elinor Dammert over the citizens of Perdido, Alabama and her ghastly and inexplicable ability to use water to gain her hideous ends Each numbered set is signed by Poppy Z rite, Patrick Loehr and Paul Wedlake.

The signature page appears in the back of Book One he edition is limited to 250 copies for sale Sample page spreads appear below uch beloved by fans, this definitive edition of an undisputed classic is sure to sell out very fast.

Edition Details

• Six volumes in a slipcase.
• Limited to 250 sets, signed by Poppy Z. Brite, Patrick Loehr, and Paul Wedlake.
• Introduction by Poppy Z. Brite.
• Each book has an individual dustjacket.
• Illustrated endpapers.
• Rare photographs of Michael McDowell.
• Reprinted covers of the original Avon paperbacks.
• Gorgeous, silky, two-tone cloth slipcased lined in black.
• Color and black & white illustrations throughout.
• Head and tail bands, ribbon markers in each book.

External Links

• Blackwater. Centipede Press page for Blackwater
• Michael McDowell (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Michael McDowell