Cold Hand in Mine
Paperback 368 pages English Aug 09, 2016
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Cold Hand in Mine was first published in the U.K. in 1975 and in the U.S. in 1977. The story 'Pages from a Young Girl's Journal' won the Aickman World Fantasy Award in 1975. It was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1973 before appearing in this collection. Cold Hand in Mine stands as one of Aickman's best collections and contains eight stories that show off his powers as a 'strange story' writer to the full, being more ambiguous than standard ghost stories. Throughout the stories the reader is introduced to a variety of characters, from a man who spends the night in a Hospice to a German aristocrat and a woman who sees an image of her own soul. There is also a nod to the conventional vampire story ('Pages from a Young Girl's Journal') but all the stories remain unconventional and inconclusive, which perhaps makes them all the more startling and intriguing.
- Author:
- Robert Aickman
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:
- Aug 09, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 368 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0571311741
- ISBN-13:
- 9780571311743