{"product_id":"the-anechoic-chamber-and-other-weird-tales-9781784633288","title":"The Anechoic Chamber : and Other Weird Tales","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Wiles, Will\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 March 2025 by Salt Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Salt Modern Stories' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 176 pages, Not illustrated\u003cbr\u003e178 x 112 x 14 | 122g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Funny, chilling, intriguing: each tale offers something different from the last, and the overall result is like listening to a perfectly made album.’ —Mark Watson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  An anechoic chamber is a soundproofed room with no echo. The profound silence it produces is disturbing enough. But listen carefully and you’ll hear something worse … In this new collection of uncanny short stories, award-winning author Will Wiles finds sinister creatures and subtle nightmares in mundane modern environments and bureaucracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cursed NHS file brings doom to whoever handles it. A memory-foam mattress breaks down the walls of sleep. A marketing executive for a property developer turns to the occult. And horror seeps from the most unexpected places: eBay purchases, boxes of holiday photographs, and the hidden corners of the smart TV menu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile mostly modern in setting, this is a collection steeped in the tradition of the weird tale and the ghost story, and includes homages to the greats of the previous century: a doomed Edwardian antiquarian is drawn into a murderous plot involving a Roman mosaic, and river boatmen uncover eldritch terror in a deserted mining town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou’ll never look at some things the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiles, Will","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55745459945850,"sku":"9781784633288","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781784633288.jpg?v=1755012630","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-anechoic-chamber-and-other-weird-tales-9781784633288","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}