{"product_id":"the-people-in-the-castle-selected-strange-stories","title":"The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Joan Aikens stories: \"Wildly inventive  darkly lyrical  and always surprising . . . should be cherished.\"Publishers Weekly \"Darkly whimsical stories. . . . Aiken writes with surpassing spirit and alertness  her elegant restraint and dry wit never fail to leave their mark.\"Kirkus Reviews \"Will appeal to readers of short stories and literary fiction. Highly recommended.\"Library Journal \"Aikens pastoral meadows and circus chaos  gothic grotesques and quirky romances . . . have a dream-like quality executed with a brevity and wit that is a testament to her skill as a story-teller.\"California Literary Review \"Fantasy is combined with magic  myth and adventure to form weird  wonderful and immersive tales.\"For Books Sake Here is the whisper in the night  the dog whose loyalty outlasted death  the creak upstairs  that half-remembered ghost story that wont let you sleep  the sound that raises gooseflesh  the wish youd checked the lock on the door before dark fell. Here are tales of suspense and the supernatural that will chill  amuse  and exhilarate. Features a new introduction by the late authors daughter  Lizza Aiken. Best known for The Wolves of Willoughby Chase  Joan Aiken (19242004) wrote over a hundred books and won the Guardian and Edgar Allan Poe awards. After her first husbands death  she supported her family by copyediting at Argosy magazine and an advertising agency before turning to fiction. She went on to write for Vogue  Good Housekeeping  Vanity Fair  Argosy  Womens Own  and many others. Visit her online at joanaiken.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974349287477,"sku":"ByrdShop_1618731122","price":92.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781618731128.jpg?v=1770654997","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-people-in-the-castle-selected-strange-stories","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}