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THE WORLD OF MERRILL JAMES SHEPARD
Some places
stay with you.
Some never
let you go.
Step onto the shores of Ile des Morts.
A remote island. A writer’s dream.
One unsettling condition.
ILE DES MORTS & THREE EXTENDED TALES
FICTION WITH A SENSE OF PLACEBegin exploring
ON THE BOOKSHELFA novel. Three extended tales.
THE FEATURED BOOK
Ile des Morts
and Three Extended Tales
The Island of Death
Explore the publisher’s editionA writers’ colony.
An island that has to be haunted.
Raised on a family ranch in Western Montana, Kingman Steeves becomes one of the world’s most recognized horror writers. In middle age, he decides to give something back by founding a writers’ colony on a remote island, with one condition: it must be haunted. Publisher’s synopsis ↗
Buy on AmazonPaperback370 pagesVanguard Press
ISBN 978-1-83671-521-4 · Edition details
About this edition
The paperback edition is published by Vanguard Press and contains 370 pages. Publisher’s edition details ↗
- Title
- Ile des Morts and Three Extended Tales
- Author
- Merrill James Shepard
- ISBN
- 978-1-83671-521-4
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AUTHOR READING
Toadstool Bookshop
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Saturday, October 10 · 10:00 a.m. Eastern
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Every story begins
with a little curiosity.