The Hunger, and Other Stories (Standard format, CD)

"The Hunger and Other Stories," originally published in 1957, launched Charles Beaumont into the spotlight as an important and original new voice in American fiction. Although he is best remembered for his television and film scripts, including several episodes of "The Twilight Zone," Beaumont is at last being rediscovered as a master of weird tales. This, his first published collection, contains some of his best short works and is sure to appeal to fans of Stephen King and Ray Bradbury.

Ranging in tone from the chilling Gothic horror of Miss Gentilbelle, in which an insane mother dresses her son up as a girl and slaughters his pets, to deliciously dark humor in tales like Open House in which murderers plans go disastrously awry, these stories demonstrate Beaumont s remarkable talent and versatility."