I Am Legend, and Other Stories

Name: I Am Legend, and Other Stories
Brand: Blackstone Publishing
Price: 35.95 USD
Availability: BackOrder
ISBN: 9781433208645

✍️ Richard Matheson

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📝 Description: I Am Legend, and Other Stories

In Matheson's vampire classic I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world, and transformed the unfortunate survivors into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, hungry for Neville's blood. By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive in a world of vampires? This recording also includes a sampling of other horror stories by Richard Matheson, some comic, all scary: "Buried Talents," "The Near Departed," "Prey," "Witch War," "Dance of the Dead," "Dress of White Silk," "Mad House," "The Funeral," "From Shadowed Places," and "Person to Person."

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Richard Matheson's classic novel follows Robert Neville, the lone survivor of a global plague that transforms humanity into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. By day he stalks the sleeping undead through abandoned ruins, and by night he barricades his home against the hungry horde, testing the limits of human endurance against isolation and despair. This chilling edition also features a curated sampling of the author's shorter horror fiction, blending dark humor with genuine dread across tales like "Prey" and "Dance of the Dead." Creating an atmosphere of claustrophobic tension rather than relying on cheap shocks, Matheson's psychological horror focuses on quiet desperation and grim survival. It is ideally suited for readers who appreciate classic speculative fiction and character-driven suspense.

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Richard Matheson's classic novel follows Robert Neville, the lone survivor of a global plague that transforms humanity into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. By day he stalks the sleeping undead through abandoned ruins, and by night he barricades his home against the hungry horde, testing the limits of human endurance against isolation and despair. This chilling edition also features a curated sampling of the author's shorter horror fiction, blending dark humor with genuine dread across tales like "Prey" and "Dance of the Dead." Creating an atmosphere of claustrophobic tension rather than relying on cheap shocks, Matheson's psychological horror focuses on quiet desperation and grim survival. It is ideally suited for readers who appreciate classic speculative fiction and character-driven suspense.