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Earthbound
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In1982,beforeMathesonhadfullyachievedthecult-and-grandmasterstatusthatheenjoystoday,PlayboyPresspublishedaversionofhiseroticghoststorythatwassoseverelyeditedthatMathesontookhisnameoffthebookandinsteadpublisheditunderthenameLoganSwanson.Inthisrestoredversionoftheoriginalmanuscript,DavidandEllenCooper's21-year-oldmarriageisnearingtherocks,sotheydecidetoleaveLosAngelesforahoneymoonandgotoLongIsland.Soonaftertheyarriveattheirbeachcottage,astrangewoman,Marianna,appearstoDavid,andheisimmediatelyentranced.MathesonadeptlyexploresDavid'sgrowingfearandguilt,whichbecomesintensifiedafterheandMariannamakeloveinasecretroominthehouse.AlthoughMariannaisportrayedasan"earthboundspirit"(aghostwhorejectstheafterlife,appearsrealtoallsenses,believessheisalive,andthroughpsychicattack,suckslifefromtheliving)she'sreallymoreorlessasuccubus,gussiedupinCasperthefriendlyghostclothing.Witheachgraphicallydetailedsexualrendezvous,MariannapushesDavidtodeeperlevelsofobsession,lossofwillandirrationality.ThestoryreachesanevenhigherpitchastheevilghostbeginstothreatenEllen,injectingsomeexcellentsuspenseintounabashedpathosandoutrighttitillation.