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| Coming in March of 2003 from Bedlam Press, LETTERS FROM HADES is a novel by Jeffrey Thomas which takes the form of a diary written by a newly damned citizen of Hell. Featuring cover art and profuse interior illustrations by superb artist Erik Wilson. "Jeffrey Thomas's imagination is as twisted as it is relentless. Every page of LETTERS FROM HADES presents new and original horrors. If there is such a place as hell, the demons have a suite reserved in Jeffrey Thomas's name for writing this delightfully blasphemous novel." - F. PAUL WILSON, author of ALL THE RAGE and THE KEEP "LETTERS FROM HADES is not only thrilling entertainment, it's also a brave and subversive book. Thomas manages to entwine a touching love story with a gruesome and graphic depiction of Hell -- a sort of metaphysical Romeo and Juliet -- all the while tackling theological issues head-on. Read it with an open mind. And be good." - TIM LEBBON, author of THE NATURE OF BALANCE and WHITE "Jeffrey Thomas offers us a unique vision of hell that's as beautiful as it is savage, as hauntingly poetic as it is heinous. Thomas' LETTERS FROM HADES mines a different corner of perdition to strike a rich vein of soul and profundity. I'm a hardcore fan." - TOM PICCIRILLI, author of A LOWER DEEP and THE NIGHT CLASS "I can't rave enough about Jeffrey Thomas' LETTERS FROM HADES. This is a stupendous read from beginning to end, an honorable man in Hell even Dante would find compelling. Now get off your damned asses and buy this book!" - CHARLEE JACOB, author of THIS SYMBIOTIC FASCINATION "LETTERS FROM HADES' nightmarish vision of a fundamentalist afterlife is worthy of Michael Shea's Nift the Lean and Bosch's landscapes. Thoroughly rendered in precise and poetic language, Jeffrey Thomas' rich and textured underworld provides a powerful medium for the story's characters as they overcome torments and despair to grow and surprise the reader. This tour de force is mesmerizing in its revelation of pain and compassion, punishment and the possibility of redemption. Jeffrey Thomas' odyssey through hell is an imaginative and compelling journey every reader should take." - GERARD HOUARNER, author of THE BEAST THAT WAS MAX "Jeffrey Thomas' visions of Hell in LETTERS FROM HADES are as compelling and as beautifully horrific as any ever put down on paper." - JEFF VANDERMEER, author of CITY OF SAINTS AND MADMEN |