I got this short-story collection in my ebay lot when I had to pick up "I Am Legend" for my book club. Just got around to reading it.
I enjoyed the physical book itself... 1965 paperback marked "50 cents" – but in remarkably good condition. Sometimes old books are just fun!
The stories themselves, however, were a bit uneven, and some of them seemed rather dated and anti-climactic. Genre-wise, they're kind of in that twilight-zone area between horror and sci-fi.
Includes:

* A Flourish of Strumpets
* Brother to the Machine
* No Such Thing as a Vampire
* Descent
* Deadline
* The Man Who Made the World
* Graveyard Shift [ The Faces ]
* The Likeness of Julie [as by Logan Swanson]
* Lazarus II
* Big Surprise [ What Was in the Box? ]
* Crickets
* Mute
* From Shadowed Places ( )

Indeholder "A Flourish of Strumpets", "Brother to the Machine", "No Such Thing As a Vampire", "Descent", "Deadline", "The Man Who Made the World", "Graveyard Shift", "The Likeness of Julie", "Lazarus II", "Big Surprise", "Crickets", "Mute", "From Shadowed Places".

"A Flourish of Strumpets" handler om ludere, der begynder at sælge varen ved at ringe på folks gadedøre. Manden i fortællingen ender med at overgive sig og blive kunde og det får dørkimeriet til at stoppe. Indtil en ung smuk mand ringer på og beder om at snakke med konen.
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En række søde små historier, der er blevet gnavet af tidens tand. ( )