{"id":15170,"date":"2021-02-02T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=15170"},"modified":"2021-02-02T12:36:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:36:31","slug":"things-i-didnt-know-my-father-knew-the-best-short-stories-of-peter-crowther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/things-i-didnt-know-my-father-knew-the-best-short-stories-of-peter-crowther\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Didn\u2019t Know My Father Knew: The Best Short Stories of Peter Crowther"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce we&#8217;ll be publishing <b><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/things-I-didnt-know-my-father-knew\/\">Things I Didn\u2019t Know My Father Knew: The Best Short Stories of Peter Crowther<\/a><\/em><\/b> later this year, and with the low print run and Pete&#8217;s devoted following, we don&#8217;t expect this one to last long at all!<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Book:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe newest collection by acclaimed British horror master Peter Crowther, these stories are the very best of his incredible short works of horror and suspense:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Things I Didn&#8217;t Know My Father Knew<\/strong>: An unusual visitor rolls into town one day under cover of a thick fog . . . just to touch base with someone he maybe once knew.<\/li>\n<li><strong>All We Know of Heaven<\/strong>: A small boy finds the answer to his and his father&#8217;s dilemma in the legend of King Arthur and his mystical sword, Excalibur.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tomorrow Eyes<\/strong>: A Runyonesque gambler discovers the strangest set of dice you ever saw being rolled on a cloth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Some Burial Place, Vast and Dry<\/strong>: The lonely survivor of a long-ago space mission receives a visit from a hauntingly familiar UFO.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Musician of Bremen, GA<\/strong>: Cal Williston, who can play the best version of &#8216;Moonlight In Vermont&#8217; since Chet Baker teamed up with Gerry Mulligan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boxing Day<\/strong>: A small-town crook about to fall under the spell of London rediscovers his wife.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keepsakes<\/strong>: PI. 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