Four Legs in the Morning (Signature Series) - Tapa dura

Dr. Sibley, long-standing Chair of the English and Classical Literature Department at Graysonville University, has outlasted many of his detractors. In this collection of three linked stories, mysterious consequences await those who defy or disappoint him:   · a new colleague, whose avant-guard theories offend Sibley's traditional critical sensibilities, uncovers a new answer to an ancient riddle ("Four Legs in the Morning") · a student plagiarist learns to regret his dishonesty ("Flannel Board") · a young administrator attempts to curtail some of Sibley's power, until he discovers the fate of his predecessor ("The Mask of Tragedies") All of these characters eventually learn — sometimes too late — that Dr. Sibley may be far more powerful than he seems.

Norman Prentiss won the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction for Invisible Fences, published by Cemetery Dance. Other fiction has appeared in Postscripts, Black Static, Commutability, Tales from the Gorezone, Damned Nation, Best Horror of the Year, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, and in three editions of the Shivers anthology series.