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ACE ISBN 0451159098 (ISBN13: 9780451159090)
This stunning collection of novellas and short stories by masters of the macabre brings to fans and newcomers an unrelenting spell of horror and suspense. These are tales that strike beyond sheer terror, as their disturbing visions capture the dark reality we all fear. This is writing that is at once eerie and haunting, chilling and nightmarishly brilliant. Crafted by the most fertile imaginations of our time, these thirteen stories will suck you into a whirlpool of fear that can only be described as terrifyingly wonderful.
--back cover
The night flier / Stephen King --
Having a woman at lunch / Paul Hazel --
The blood kiss / Dennis Ethchison --
Coming to grief / Clive Barker --
Food / Thomas Tessier --
The great god Pan / M. John Harrison --
Orange is for anguish, blue for insanity / David Morrell --
The juniper tree / Peter Straub --
Spinning tales with the dead / Charles L. Grant --
Alice's last adventure / Thomas Ligotti --
Next time you'll know me / Ramsey Campbell --
The pool / Whitley Strieber --
By reason of darkness / Jack Cady.
This stunning collection of novellas and short stories by masters of the macabre brings to fans and newcomers an unrelenting spell of horror and suspense. These are tales that strike beyond sheer terror, as their disturbing visions capture the dark reality we all fear. This is writing that is at once eerie and haunting, chilling and nightmarishly brilliant. Crafted by the most fertile imaginations of our time, these thirteen stories will suck you into a whirlpool of fear that can only be described as terrifyingly wonderful.
--back cover
The night flier / Stephen King --
Having a woman at lunch / Paul Hazel --
The blood kiss / Dennis Ethchison --
Coming to grief / Clive Barker --
Food / Thomas Tessier --
The great god Pan / M. John Harrison --
Orange is for anguish, blue for insanity / David Morrell --
The juniper tree / Peter Straub --
Spinning tales with the dead / Charles L. Grant --
Alice's last adventure / Thomas Ligotti --
Next time you'll know me / Ramsey Campbell --
The pool / Whitley Strieber --
By reason of darkness / Jack Cady.