And while A Stir of Echoes may not been on the same level it is still as able to pack as strong a punch as it was 55 years ago.įor some reason I cannot competently explain I have always found the 1950's naturally creepy and felt that behind the imposed masks of righteousness and high moral standards that the decade was keen to promote there always lurked something dark and sinister, that there were skeletons in the closet. Richard Matheson is always worth reading and he is of course the author of I Am Legend, the Dracula of its generation, such has been its effect on the genre and writers that followed. But as his existence becomes unbearable and his sanity threatened, he faces the biggest revelation of all - a message from beyond the grave. Not only does Tom find himself succumbing to what he felt was just a cheap parlour track he also finds the experience leaves him with new powers: He can now sense his neighbour's darkest desires, and see glimpses into both the past and the future. But one evening his brother-in-law challenges him to undergo hypnosis, which he accepts in order to prove a point.
The story centres on Tom Wallace, a seemingly normal suburban man, living an ordinary and happy life. On AugTor Books republished Richard Matheson's A Stir of Echoes, a novel first published in 1958 and adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Kevin Bacon in 1999.
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