Description
Book SynopsisDon''t turn out the lights . . . but open the cover, if you dare, and reveal the chilling delights that await you within the pages of A Book of Horrors.
''Stephen King, John Ajvide Linqvist, Lisa Tuttle and many more masters of the macabre issue a call to arms for the horror story in this collection of the very best in chiller fiction edited by Stephen Jones, one of the world''s premier anthologists'' - Crime Time
Stephen Jones, Britain''s most acclaimed horror editor, has gathered together masters of the macabre from across the world in this cornucopia of classic chills and modern menaces. Within these pages you will discover the most successful and exciting writers of horror and dark fantasy today, with a spine-chilling selection of stories displaying the full diversity of the genre, from classic pulp style to more contemporary psychological tales, to cutting-edge terror fiction that will leave you uneasily looking over your should
Trade Review
Jones has put horror back on the bookshelves in fine style * Black Abyss *
Outstanding anthology * Black Static *
Will ensure deliciously sleepless nights for many a reader * Crimetime *
Looks too good to be passed by * Dark Wolf's Fantasy *
The abundance of talent will provide ample delights and frights for anyone in search of true classic horror * Publishers Weekly *
Showcases everything that's best about both the short story and the horror anthology * SFX *
A superb collection of horror stories. What the hell happened to the horror genre? It may have just received a life-saving jolt * Shadows and Tall Trees *
A quality primer for initiates to the genre * Time Out *
'A quality primer for initiates to the genre' Time Out. * Time Out *
'[An] outstanding collection ... Stephen Jones has put horror back on the bookshelves in fine style and makes sure it stays there' Black Abyss. * Black Abyss *
'a splendid collection that showcases everything that's best about both the short story and the horror anthology' SFX. * SFX *
'Excellent' TLS. * TLS *
Table of Contents
Introduction: Whatever Happened to Horror? - Stephen Jones. The Little Green God of Agony - Stephen King. Charcloth, Firesteel and Flint - Caitlin R. Kiernan. Ghosts with Teeth - Peter Crowther. The Coffin-Maker's Daughter - Angela Slatter. Roots and All - Brian Hodge. Tell Me I'll See You Again - Dennis Etchison. The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer - John Ajvide Lindqvist. Getting it Wrong - Ramsey Campbell. Alice Through the Plastic Sheet - Robert Shearman. The Man in the Ditch - Lisa Tuttle. A Child's Problem - Reggie Oliver. Sad, Dark Thing - Michael Marshall Smith. Near Zennor - Elizabeth Hand. Last Words - Richard Christian Matheson.
