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FIFTEEN TALES DESIGNED TO SHATTER YOUR SOUL.
Welcome to the Mausoleum of Fame. A dark, hallowed pantheon of fear -- where today's greatest masters of terror unleash their wildest nightmares. Come along -- walk carefully -- for theirs is a haunted landscape where shadows are spawned, blood...
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TURN ON THE LIGHTS! All the lights. Then sit back and indulge as fifteen masters relate bone-chilling tales of the occult and horror. Yes, sit back, relax, and indulge in hours of ghoulish pleasure as the finest practitioners of the art relate stories of ghosts, demons and monsters -- THE... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“Saturday night?" Danny said. "What do you mean, I'll die on Saturday night?”
First Sentence edit
What is horror fiction?
Table of Contents edit
Introduction, by Frank Coffey
The Monkey, by Stephen King
The New Tenant, by William H. Hallahan
In the Cards, by Robert Bloch
Clay, by George A. Romero
A Cabin in the Woods, by John Coyne
Makeup, by Robert R. McCammon
The Small World of Lewis Stillman, by William F. Nolan
The Siege of 318, by Davis Grubb
The Champion, by Richard Laymon
The Power of the Mandarin, by Gahan Wilson
Horror House of Blood, by Ramsey Campbell
Absolute Ebony, by Felice Picano
The Root of All Evil, by Graham Masterton
Julian's Hand, by Gary Brandner
The Face, Jere Cunningham
Authors & Contributors edit
- Frank Coffey (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- Frank Coffey (Introduction)
- Stephen King (Contributor) - The Monkey (short story)
- William H. Hallahan (Contributor) - The New Tenant (short story)
- Robert Bloch (Contributor) - In the Cards (short story)
- George A. Romero (Contributor) - Clay (short story)
- John Coyne (Contributor) - A Cabin in the Woods (short story)
- Robert R. McCammon (Contributor) - Makeup (short story)
- William F. Nolan (Contributor) - The Small World of Lewis Stillman (short story)
- Davis Grubb (Contributor) - The Siege of 318 (short story)
- Richard Laymon (Contributor) - The Champion (short story)
- Gahan Wilson (Contributor) - The Power of the Mandarin (short story)
- Ramsey Campbell (Contributor) - Horror House of Blood (short story)
- Felice Picano (Contributor) - Absolute Ebony (short story)
- Graham Masterton (Contributor) - The Root of All Evil (short story)
- Gary Brandner (Contributor) - Julian's Hand (short story)
- Jere Cunningham (Contributor) - The Face (short story)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: February 1982
ISBN: 0441535070
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Ace Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: February 1982
ISBN: 0441535070
Page Count: 288
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