{"product_id":"compulsory-games-and-other-stories","title":"Compulsory Games : And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe best and most interesting stories by Robert Aickman, a master of the supernatural tale, the uncanny, and the truly weird. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Aickman's self-described strange stories are confoundingly and uniquely his own. These superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the void behind the face of order, is a surreal region that grotesquely mimics the quotidian: Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river? What does it mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then another--and then another? Does a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard contain the souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to death? Published for the first time under one cover, the stories in this collection offer an unequaled introduction to a profoundly original modern master of the uncanny.","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609554931881,"sku":"PHBK-9781681371894","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_ef1a120d-5729-4b52-ab0b-6df88ed17be1.jpg?v=1764705546","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/compulsory-games-and-other-stories","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}