Category: | Book |
By (author): | Capes, Bernard |
Illustrated By: | Seth, |
Series: | Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories |
Subject: | FICTION / Ghost |
FICTION / Gothic | |
FICTION / Holidays | |
Audience: | general/trade |
Publisher: | Biblioasis |
Published: | October 2021 |
Format: | Book-paperback |
Pages: | 128 |
Size: | 6.00in x 4.00in |
From The Publisher* | World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2021. After attending a séance at an acquaintance's home, a man receives an unexpected job offer from another guest: resident doctor at the prison he directs. But when a prisoner begs to have his cell moved, terrified of what's behind the next door, the young doctor starts to question his luck. |
Review Quote* | Praise for Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories "[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist Seth … [offers] chills-and charm."-John Williams, New York Times Book Review "I just bought my set of these and they … are … PERFECT. I hope they do these every year."-Patton Oswalt "These are beautiful little books … [My family's] been reading them at home, and we've actually put them away so we can re-read them on Christmas Eve." -Matt Galloway, CBC's Metro Morning "For Seth, this is really a labour of love." -Peter Robb, Ottawa Citizen |
Biographical Note | Bernard Capes (1854- 1918) was an English author of more than forty books, including romances, mysteries, poetry, and ghost stories. Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic-book series Palookaville, which started in the stone age as a pamphlet and is now a semi-annual hardcover. His comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, and McSweeney's Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the New Yorker, The Walrus, and Canadian Notes & Queries. He is the subject of a recent documentary from the National Film Board of Canada, Seth's Dominion. Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Tania and their two cats in an old house he has named "Inkwell's End." |