Earthbound

Product Description An erotic ghost story by the author of Hell House and A Stir of Echoes. David and Ellen Cooper came to the lonely beachside cottage in hopes of rekindling their troubled marriage. Yet they are not alone on their second honeymoon. Marianna, a beautiful and enigmatic stranger, comes to visit David whenever Ellen is away. But...Who is Marianna, and where has she come from? Even as he succumbs to her seductive charms, David realizes that Marianna is far more than a threat to his marriage, for her secrets lie deep in the past and beyond the grave. And her unholy desires endanger the life and soul of everyone she touches. Review The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. --Stephen KingIn 1982, before Matheson achieved the cult-and-grandmaster status he enjoys today, Playboy Press published a version of this erotic ghost story that was so severely edited that the author took his name off the book, which was presented as by 'Logan Swanson'. . . . the author injects some excellent suspense into this [approved and restored version]. . . --Publishers Weekly Matheson, master of both horror and suspense, here gives us a picture of a man obsessed, then possessed, by the ghost of Marianna, a beautiful, depraved woman. . . . Incredibly powerful. --Library JournalA chilling supernatural sortie. . . . --Kirkus Reviews About the Author RICHARD MATHESON is the author of numerous New York Times best-selling novels, including I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and others. A Grand Master of Horror and past winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, he has also won the Edgar, the Hugo, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards.