The Bound Man is storytelling for our times. Here we find works of fiction where a present darkness and obscurity usher extraordinary performances into the light of day: a man bound hand and foot; a death told in reverse; a speech under the gallows. Written with disarming simplicity, this collection of stories puts language to the test.
Originally published in 1812, the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are malevolent and dark, and certainly not for the faint-hearted. This book features some of the lesser-known stories alongside favourites like Snow White, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, and Hansel and Gretel.
H.P. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre for the 20th century, discarding witches and ghosts and envisaging mankind as an outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe.