{"product_id":"devils-spawn-paperback","title":"Devils' Spawn - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Birkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Lloyd Birkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important, though neglected, figure in twentieth-century British horror fiction, Sir Charles Birkin (1907-1985) began his literary career as editor of the popular - and now highly collectible - \u003ci\u003eCreeps\u003c\/i\u003e series of horror anthologies in the 1930s, which featured tales by well-known writers such as H.R. Wakefield, Lord Dunsany and Russell Thorndike, as well as contributions by Birkin himself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A master of the \u003ci\u003econte cruel\u003c\/i\u003e, often with a Grand Guignol finish, Birkin found true horror not in ghosts or the supernatural but in man's inhumanity to man. Never before reprinted and extremely scarce, \u003ci\u003eDevils' Spawn\u003c\/i\u003e (1936) collects sixteen of Birkin's stories, many of them first published in the \u003ci\u003eCreeps\u003c\/i\u003e volumes, including the horror gems \"The Terror on Tobit\" and \"The Harlem Horror\". Birkin's collection \u003ci\u003eThe Smell of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e (1965) is also available from Valancourt Books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Not for the squeamish. Be warned, if you are at all sensitive, leave him well alone.\" - Hugh Lamb \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"More than a definite touch of the great master, Edgar Allan Poe.\" - Dennis Wheatley \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Few writers of horror today approach the standards of Birkin.\" - \u003ci\u003eUlster Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730008248383,"sku":"9781943910144","price":36.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e23634622a91bd3f827074856a4e0c0b.webp?v=1765124462","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/devils-spawn-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}