![]() ![]() Welcome to Babylon, a typical sleepy Alabama small town, where years earlier the Larkin family suffered a terrible tragedy. Last year Valancourt brought most of McDowell’s back catalog back into print as part of their 20th Century Classics line, starting with Cold Moon Over Babylon, now available in a handsome new trade paperback with a wonderfully spooky new cover by Mike Mignola. I was standing in front of the Valancourt booth at the 2014 World Fantasy Convention, gazing in amazement at their incredible back catalog, and that was the book that forced me to open my wallet. ![]() I first discovered him with the Valancourt reprint of The Elementals (1981). Stephen King called McDowell “The finest writer of paperback originals in America.” McDowell’s other novels include the Blackwaterseries, The Amulet (1979), and Toplin (1985). It was originally published in paperback by Avon in February 1980 (above left and middle, cover artist unknown). Leave it to Valancourt Books to produce the first reprint of Michael McDowell’s spooky southern gothic Cold Moon Over Babylon. ![]()
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