{"product_id":"the-derelict-9781913038632","title":"The Derelict","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Derelict\u003c\/em\u003e is really a story of two derelicts - the events on the first and their part in the creation of the second. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this story I've pretty much nailed my colours to the mast, so to speak. As the tale is intended as a tribute to stories by the likes of William Hope Hodgson or H P Lovecraft (with a passing nod to Coleridge's \u003cem\u003eAncient Mariner\u003c\/em\u003e), where some terrible event is related in an unearthed journal or (as is the case here) by a narrator driven to near madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe primary influence on the story was the voyage of the Demeter, from Bram Stoker's \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the more compelling episodes of that novel. Here the crew are irrevocably doomed from the moment they set sail. There is never any hope of escape or salvation once the nature of their cargo becomes apparent. This was to be my jumping off point with \u003cem\u003eThe Derelict\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough I have charted a very different course from the one taken by Stoker, I have tried to remain resolutely true to the spirit of that genre of fiction and the time in which it was set.\" -Neil Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Shuck Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913038632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Neil Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39637810512053,"sku":"9781913038632","price":10.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_62a7c3ad-470e-4f75-9ee7-fcef2325ac30.jpg?v=1617678698","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-derelict-9781913038632","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}