They Might Be Ghosts: Ghost Stories of an Artisan, David G. Rowlands
- Written by David G. Rowlands
- ISBN: 1-900441-02-0 (978-1-900441-02-5)
- Format: Hardcover, x+268pp
- Publish Date: 2003
- Publication Type: Collection
- Original Price: £30.00
- Genre: Supernatural Fiction
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David G. Rowlands
David G. Rowlands is a model-maker and writer whose ghost stories draw on craftsmanship, club life, and English eccentricity as often as on conventional hauntings. Several pieces first appeared in Ash-Tree Press anthologies and All Hallows.
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David G. Rowlands writes from the life of an English hobbyist and artisan: Riley motor-club outings, pest-control jobs, Hawaiian guitars, and garden railways all tilt into the uncanny without losing their fussy detail. The book mixes Jamesian pastiche (including homages to Mr. Batchel and Fr. O’Connor) with comic-supernatural sketches unlike anything else in the Ghost Story Press list.
Edition Details
- Limited edition of 250 numbered copies; first edition published in 2003.
- Bound in pictorial cloth; cover design by Steven Stapleton; no dust jacket.
- Twenty-eight stories arranged in thematic groups, including garden railways (Tales of the Boiling Pots), pest control (Tales of a Pest Control Operative, including Lord of the Flies), and Hawaiian tales (Coconut Tales, including Pua Mana (Sea Breeze)).
- Information from a review in All Hallows #35, February 2004.
- Catalogued on FantLab and ISFDB.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Long Service
- The Free Radical
- A Room With A View
- The Tour
- The Galilean
- The Last Reel
- Tales of the Big Four Club:
- The Dog’s Whisker
- Sidney’s Club
- Not Worth A Hum?
- From The Pastures Of The Tin-worm
- Tales of a Pest Control Operative:
- The Grain Goblin
- Nine-Five
- The Waiting Game
- Lord Of The Flies
- Coconut Tales:
- Serenade To A Pagan Moon
- Fire Goddess
- Pua Mana (Sea Breeze)
- Low Moon At Waikiki
- Tales of the Boiling Pots:
- Returned To Steam Again
- Do Your Best
- The Abomination Of Desolation
- Some Old Friends:
- Plural (MRJ)
- A Gift Of Tongues (FrO’C)
- A Job Not Done (Mr B)
- The Sleeping Partner:
- Blood And Thunder
- The Show Must Not Go On
- Spring-Drive
- Twice A Fortnight
- Biographical Note
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