"Whether it's child's play or for the highest stakes, whether we stick to the rules or cheat, we all play games -- for fun, for thrills, for love or money, to prove we're the best or make an opponent knuckle under. And the games we play, with cards or dice or nothing but our wits, reveal something deeply personal about the players. In this powerful new anthology, Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Lawrence Block has assembled an all-star team for the ultimate game night. Sit down at the checkerboard with S.A. Cosby, ...
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"Whether it's child's play or for the highest stakes, whether we stick to the rules or cheat, we all play games -- for fun, for thrills, for love or money, to prove we're the best or make an opponent knuckle under. And the games we play, with cards or dice or nothing but our wits, reveal something deeply personal about the players. In this powerful new anthology, Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Lawrence Block has assembled an all-star team for the ultimate game night. Sit down at the checkerboard with S.A. Cosby, assemble jigsaw puzzles with David Morrell, or play marbles for the fate of the world with Joe R. Lansdale. In Jeffery Deaver's hands, an innocent game of Candyland takes twists the Parker Brothers could never have imagined. Science-fiction grandmaster Robert Silverberg uncovers painful truths about destiny while betting on the turtle races in a Caribbean resort. And Lawrence Block himself out-Hitchcocks Hitchcock with his classic story of murder victims swapped by strangers on a handball court. From hide-and-seek to Russian roulette, from mahjong to Mouse Trap, it's a game lover's dream -- but beware: your turn is coming, and while winning isn't everything, sometimes losing can be deadly..."--Book jacket.
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Add this copy of Playing Games to cart. $60.00, Sold by Kathmandu Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Winter Park, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2023 by Subterranean Press.
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16 original stories by Charles Ardai, S. A. Cosby, Jeffrey Deaver, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Robert Silberberg and others. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Block.
Add this copy of Playing Games to cart. $63.60, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2023 by Subterranean Pr.
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Charles Pyle. Fine in fine jacket. 325pp. 8vo. Cloth over boards, stamped spine. Book is a Signed Limited Edition, and has been signed by Block on a publisher's limitation page, this being # 136 of 750 signed copies. Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and the jacket has an archival protector. Very slight partial push to spine heel. Seventeen stories, an Introduction, and An About Our Contributors. Gift quality. The writers included in this volume: Patricia Abbott, Charles Ardai, S. A. Cosby, Jeffery Deaver, Tod Goldberg, Jane Hamilton, James D. F. Hannah, Gar Anthony Haywood, Elaine Kagan, Avri Klemer, Joe R. Lansdale, Warren Moore, David Morrell, Kevin Quigley, Robert Silverberg, Wallace Stroby, and Lawrence Block.
Add this copy of Playing Games to cart. $99.75, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2023 by Subterranean Pr.
