The Language of Fear is the first book by author and journalist Del James

Del James

Del James, is an American musician, writer, journalist and artist best known for writing the short story that reportedly inspired the "November Rain" video by hard rock band Guns N' Roses...

. It has 339 pages and is a collection of short dark fiction stories released in 1995 by Dell Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Publishing, part of the "Abyss" line of psychological horror. It features an intro by W. Axl Rose and the short story entitled "Without You," which inspired the Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...

 video "November Rain

November Rain

"November Rain" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, written by lead singer Axl Rose and released as a single in June 1992. It appears on the album Use Your Illusion I. The music video for this song was also released in 1992, and won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography...

". The book is long out of print, and copies can sell for hundreds of dollars on online auction sites.

On the 4th of March 2008, a MySpace

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 bulletin was sent from the Guns N' Roses MySpace page, announcing the re-printing of The Language of Fear.

Contents

• Introduction by W. Axl Rose
• A Tale of Two Heroines
• Adult Nature Material
• Bloodlust
• Date Rape
• High School Memoirs
• Mama's Boy
• Mindwarp
• Saltwater and Blood
• Skin Deep
• The Atheist Prayer
• The Fumes of Friendship
• The Immortals
• The Melrose Vampire
• The Nerve
• Without You