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Cover by Ladrönn THE DOUBLE LIFE by Charles Asselineau adapted by Brian Stableford Since we are dead now and we no longer have anything better to do until the day of resurrection but tell one another stories until we are sated, O my dead neighbor, do as I do: sit down unceremoniously on your tomb and listen to my account of my adventures in the world of the living. US$ 20.95 /GBP 12.99 5x8 tpb, 260 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-61227-079-1 The Double Life (1858) is a collection of supernatural stories on the theme of dreams, glimpses into life beyond death and other posthumous experiences by Romantic author Charles Asselineau, better remembered today for his friendship with Charles Baudelaire, but also a significant pioneer in the literary development of dream materials. It includes two remarkable items of supernatural fiction, "The Second Life" and ""The Musician's Hell", which translator Brian Stableford calls "eccentric masterpieces of the genre," as well as the experimental classic, "The Lie" (1846). Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has published more than 60 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as several authoritative non-fiction books. He is also translating the works of Paul Féval and other French writers of the fantastique for Black Coat Press which also published his most two recent fantasy novels: The New Faust at the Tragicomique, The Wayward Muse and The Stones of Camelot. Contents: (Untitled Preface) The Hourglass Tavern (1843) The Inn (1846) Timothée's Promises (1848) My Cousin Don Quixote (1850) The Romance of a Devotee (1847) The Lie (1846) The Best Days of Your Life (1850) The Leg (1858) The Second Life (1847) The Musician's Hell (1858) The Presbytery, Or, The Curé's Dilemma (1858) Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.