Rot by Gary Brandner - 1999

Baltimore: Cemetery Dance, 1999. First Edition; Signed edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Vince Natale; Keith Minnion. A fine true first edition, limited, and SIGNED copy in a fine dust jacket and leather traycase. Letter "O" of 26 copies printed. Signed by Brandner (author of "The Howling") on the limitation page. As new, appears completely unread. 183 pp. Octavo. Kyle Brubaker, a carefree California surfer, finds little to celebrate in a small Wisconsin town until he meets beautiful and spirited Marianne Avery. But their budding romance is snuffed one dark night when they are brutally attacked by three hoodlum brothers. With his life unraveling around him, Kyle accepts an offer of help from a mysterious carnival Gypsy. And soon after that things really go to hell...In Rot, his first new book in many years, Gary Brandner, the author of The Howling and some thirty other novels, combines his knowledge of California life with his Midwest roots to create his latest masterpiece — a chilling tale of love, death and sheer terror. If you liked Stephen King's Thinner and Pet Sematary, you'll love this book!This Cemetery Dance edition features full-color dust jacket artwork by Vince Natale, as well as a half-dozen interior illustrations and endpaper artwork from Keith Minnion. All copies signed by Gary Brandner!