TheOctoberCountryisRayBradbury’sownnetherworldofthesoul,inhabitedbythehorrorsanddemonsthatlurkwithinallofus.Renownedforhismulti-million-copybestseller,Fahrenheit451,andhailedbyHarper’smagazineas“thefinestlivingwriteroffantasticfiction,“RayBradburyprovesherethatheisAmerica’smasteroftheshortstory.Thisclassiccollectionfeatures:TheEmissary:Thefaithfuldogwasthesickboy’sonlyconnectionwiththeworldoutside--andbeyond...TheSmallAssassin:Afine,healthybabyboywasthenewmother’sdreamcometrue--orherworstnightmare...TheScythe:Justwhenhisluckhadrunout,DrewEricksoninheritedafarmfromastranger;andwiththebequestcamedeadlyresponsibilities...TheJar:Achillingstorythatcombineslove,death...andamatterofidentityinabottleoffear.TheWonderfulDeathofDudleyStone:Amostremarkablecaseofmurder--thedeceasedwasdelighted...Plusfourteenmoreunforgettabletales!“Anauthorwhosefancifulimagination,poeticprose,andmatureunderstandingofhumancharacterhavewonhimaninternationalreputation.“--TheNewYorkTimes
