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COLLECTOR OF HEARTS, THE: NEW TALES OF THE GROTESQUE - FIRST HARD COVER. NY: Dutton, 1998. First Edition. 6 X 9. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0525944451. This collection features twenty-seven short stories of horror, collected here for the first time. Highlights include: "Posthumous" finds a woman conscious within her own corpse as police break in to discover her dead body and an even grimmer sight in the next room. In "Death Mother" a deep familial bond is given a fatal twist, as a mother beckons her daughter into a dark and icy realm where they can never be parted. "Scars"brings a celebrated performer back to her home town, where she is greeted by half-remembered faces and an unnerving greeting... 'welcome back forever.'