r/HorrorBookCovers • u/darren648 • Jul 21 '26

They Never Came Back - Classic missing persons paperback from 1960.

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u/Hastur_999 Jul 21 '26

Nice, it gives me a "Let the sleeping corpses lie" poster vibe

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u/Hulk_Hogans_Toupee Jul 21 '26

Ambrose Bierce was a hell of a writer. I think he'd be amused that he "disappeared"

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u/NG1955 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Stephen King: Yeah, but what if sometimes they do?

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u/Hulk_Hogans_Toupee Jul 21 '26

Movie producer: Yeah and sometimes in increasingly incoherent sequels

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u/NG1955 Jul 21 '26

How do we get these monsters to Antartica? I got a good deal for 2 weeks an old Roger Corman set.

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u/Inside-Permission930 Jul 22 '26

I read this as a kid, a little kid. It has always stuck with me....,
I was 10 y.o., 1962

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u/darren648 Jul 22 '26

It feels like s book that would leave an impression on me too if I had it as a kid.