Richard Matheson: The Best of Richard Matheson (Penguin Classics) [2017] paperback CPIC Darkly shows how this trauma

Darkly shows how this trauma has been metabolized into art

a quick fix or a leisurely indulgence

But sometimes love sings a quieter song

'Smile of the Wolf bares its fangs from the first page

the rest of the world still has a choice

Richard Matheson: The Best of Richard Matheson (Penguin Classics) [2017] paperback CPIC Darkly shows how this traumaAmong the greats of twentieth century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Matheson revolutionized horror by taking it out of Gothic castles and strange cosmos and into the darkened streets and suburbs we recognize as our own. He infuses tales of the fantastic and supernatural