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	He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson by Christopher Conlon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Mick Garris (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savaging the Dark 3.63 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rossum's Universal Replicas: Karel Capek's "R.U.R." Reimagined 4.06 avg rating — 81 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Matrix of Angels 4.19 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lullaby for the Rain Girl really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight on Mourn Street 4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oblivion Room: Stories of Violation 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poe's Lighthouse by Christopher Conlon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), George Clayton Johnson, William F. Nolan 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When They Came Back by Christopher Conlon (Goodreads Author), Roberta Lannes-Sealey (Photographer) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thundershowers at Dusk: Gothic Stories 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Norman, Is That You?”: Cycles of “Psycho”

“Norman…Is That You?”
Cycles of Psycho
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Christopher Conlon

Reprinted from bare*bones #8
Copyright ©2021 by Christopher Conlon

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Psycho, the novel by Robert Bloch, was one of the most disappointing reading experiences of my teenaged life.

This was doubly puzzling—first, because I already loved Bloch’s writing, having devoured numerous collections of his short stories and half a dozen of his other novels;

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“He removed the stopper and sniffed the contents, which smelled strongly of licorice. With a start, Graham realized what he was holding in his hand was absinthe, which had been banned in the United States since 1912.”
― Christopher Conlon, He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson

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“Sidney Tolar—better known as Charlie Chan.”
― Christopher Conlon, He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson

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“Fenley had never known the man, and, judging from what little he had read about him, was damn glad of it. If there was one thing Fenley despised, it was men who mistreated women. And Belasco was the worst of the lot, judging by how he treated his wives and sister.”
― Christopher Conlon, He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
― James Baldwin

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“. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done by pessimism; optimists will never change the world for the better. ”
― Jose Saramago / ژوزه ساراماگو

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“The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads.”
― William Styron

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“I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.”
― Orson Welles

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“Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?”
― Budd Schulberg

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