In the 1930s, William Sloane wrote two brilliant novels that gave a whole new meaning to cosmic horror. In <i>To Walk the Night</i>, Bark Jones and his college buddy Jerry Lister, a science whiz, head back to their alma mater to visit a cherished professor of astronomy. They discover his body, consumed by fire, in his laboratory, 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 the end of the book. <i>In The Edge of Running Water</i>, Julian Blair, a brilliant electrophysicist, 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 the universe itself.<br><br><b>Author:</b> William Sloane<br><b>Publisher:</b> New York Review of Books<br><b>Published:</b> 10/06/2015<br><b>Pages:</b> 480<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.10lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.10d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781590179062<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 09/07/2015<br><i>New York Times Book Review</i> 11/01/2015 pg. 22<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>William Sloane</b> (1906-1974) was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. After graduating from Princeton University in 1929 he enjoyed modest success writing supernatural and fantasy dramas. By the end of the 1930s he had published his only two novels, <i>To Walk the Night</i> (1937) and <i>The Edge of Running Water</i> (19