Valancourt Books discussion

Available at long last: Michael McDowell's THE ELEMENTALS! Stephen King and Peter Straub hailed McDowell as the best paperback horror novelist of his day, and more recently Poppy Z Brite has called this book "surely the most terrifying novel ever written". Readers and critics are currently rediscovering McDowell as a lost master of Southern Gothic literature: read this unique haunted house story and find out why. Features a new introduction by award-winning horror author Michael Rowe and blindingly spooky cover art by M.S. Corley.

Book Description

A haunted house story unlike any other, Michael McDowell’s The Elementals (1981) was one of the finest novels to come out of the horror publishing explosion of the 1970s and ’80s. Though best known for his screenplays for Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas, McDowell is now being rediscovered as one of the best modern horror writers and a master of Southern Gothic literature. This edition of McDowell’s masterpiece of terror features a new introduction by award-winning horror author Michael Rowe. McDowell’s first novel, the grisly and darkly comic The Amulet (1979), is also available from Valancourt Books.



Available worldwide in paperback & Kindle. Visit the Valancourt Books website below for more information on the book and the author. And feel free to browse our Horror catalogue for more new editions of long out-of-print horror literature.

http://www.valancourtbooks.com/the-el...

How did you guys end up having Michael Rowe write the intro? I have only recently discovered Mr. Rowe through his book Enter, Night, which I thought was most excellent.

We discovered him through the grapevine around the time we were first getting the book into production. Michael mentioned The Elementals being one of his favorite novels and a major influence on his writing. We contacted him and he was just as excited about it as we were, so it was an easy fit. He's also become a great friend since!

Very cool. :)