In the 1930s, William Sloane wrote two brilliant novels that gave a whole new m
eaning to cosmic horror. In "To Walk the Night," Bark Jones and his college budd
y Jerry Lister, a science whiz, head back to their alma mater to visit a cherish
ed professor of astronomy. They discover his body, consumed by fire, in his labo
ratory, and an uncannily beautiful young widow in his house but nothing compares
to the revelation that Jerry and Bark encounter in the deserts of Arizona at th
e end of the book. "In The Edge of Running Water," Julian Blair, a brilliant ele
ctrophysicist, has retired to a small town in remotest Maine after the death of
his wife. His latest experiments threaten to shake up the town, not to mention t
he universe itself."
