The Ape, The Idiot, And Other People [Paperback]

W. C. Morrow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 10, 2007

"Mr W.C Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair." THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY, Ambrose Bierce. Apart from such praise from one of the greatest horror writers of them all, there is much else to recommend Morrow's stories; revenge beyond sanity, bizarre ends and unnesscary surgery all feature in this unjustly forgotten classic. Edited and with an introduction by Kevin Sweeney.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Lulu Enterprises, UK Ltd (November 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847997244
• ISBN-13: 978-1847997241
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,494,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Forgotten Classic of the Grotesque, July 29, 2010

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makifat (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ape, the Idiot and Other People (Kindle Edition)

A delightfully grotesque collection of tales (published 1897), most concerning strange instances of meticulously calculated violence or revenge. Morrow does not employ the supernatural in his stories, although he teases the concept a time or two. Instead, he employs coincidence and unlikely circumstance, bearing some stylistic resemblance to his acquaintance and fellow San Franciscan Ambrose Bierce. Despite their grotesque qualities, there is a spark of wit and the easy fluency of the raconteur in his writing. A remarkable collection of strange stories, available online at Internet Archive, as a Kindle book, and in various shoddy editions by public domain publishers. Still, the format matters little - read and enjoy!