Scissorman by Mark Chadbourn - 1997

London: Gollancz, 1997. Binding is black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 352 pages. Dj has some light creasing to upper edge, otherwise bright and clean. When whizzkid City dealer Jon Summers cracks up under the strain of his hated job and a fast-paced drink and drugs lifestyle, his wife arranges for him to recuperate in an old Victorian house called Arcadia - the house where he spent three magical years as a child. As Christmas approaches and Jon teeters on the brink of a complete nervous breakdown, he discovers the magic of Arcadia still lives, but over the years it has grown much darker. Caught in the misty area between psychosis and sanity, Jon Inadvertently opens a door to somewhere else, and what slips through into our world is a childhood nightmare that should never have shape: the Scissorman, no longer a Victorian myth used to frighten naughty boys and girls, but a monstrous force that sweeps out of the night to carve up frail human bodies with its razored hands. And it has a mission.. First. Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Cover: David Farren. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Horror.