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From ancient horrors to the birth of new perils --
Blood will tell in this latest fright-filled brood of chillers. From a midnight rendezvous with unspeakable doom ... to eerie visitors from beyond the grave ... to a May Day festival of renewal and ruin ... to a nightmare vision with a... read more
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THE MANY IMAGES OF FEAR
From Stephen King's blood-freezing tale of a kidnapping with a frightening new twist ...
to the story of a boy whose parents have a terrifyingly unique method for choosing his friends ...
to a chiller about a man for whom a visit with the relatives is... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“Hooligans, here? Unheard of. Vandals? You're joking! What's to vandalize? And when did you last see kids playing in these streets, eh?”
First Sentence edit
Welcome to The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XVI.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction: They're Here -- and They Won't Go Away, by Karl Edward Wagner
Popsy, by Stephen King
Neighbourhood Watch, by Greg Egan
Wof/Child, by Jane Yolen
Everything to Live For, by Charles L. Grant
Repossession, by David Campton
Merry May, by Ramsey Campbell
The Touch, by Wayne Allen Sallee
Moving Day, by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
La Nuit des Chiens, by Leslie Halliwell
Echoes from the Abbey, by Sheila Hodgson
Visitors, by Jack Dann
The Bellfounder's Wife, by A. F. Kidd
The Scar, by Dennis Etchison
Martyr without Canon, by T. Winter-Damon
The Thin People, by Brian Lumley
Fat Face, by Michael Shea
Series & Lists edit
This is book 760 of 483 in DAW Books. (publisher series)
This is book 16 of 17 in The Year's Best Horror Stories (DAW). (standard series)
Followed by The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVII.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karl Edward Wagner (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- Karl Edward Wagner (Introduction) - They're Here -- and They Won't Go Away
- J. K. Potter (Cover Artist)
- Stephen King (Contributor) - Popsy (short story)
- Greg Egan (Contributor) - Neighbourhood Watch (short story)
- Jane Yolen (Contributor) - Wolf/Child (short story)
- Charles L. Grant (Contributor) - Everything to Live For (short story)
- David Campton (Contributor) - Repossession (short story)
- Ramsey Campbell (Contributor) - Merry May (short story)
- Wayne Allen Sallee (Contributor) - The Touch (short story)
- R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Contributor) - Moving Day (short story)
- Leslie Halliwell (Contributor) - La Nuit des Chiens (short story)
- Sheila Hodgson (Contributor) - Echoes from the Abbey (short story)
- Jack Dann (Contributor) - Visitors (short story)
- A. F. Kidd (Contributor) - The Bellfounder's Wife (short story)
- Dennis Etchison (Contributor) - The Scar (short story)
- T. Winter-Damon (Contributor) - Martyr without Canon (short story)
- Brian Lumley (Contributor) - The Thin People (short story)
- Michael Shea (Contributor) - Fat Face (short story)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: DAW Books, Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0886773008
Page Count: 303
Publisher: DAW Books, Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0886773008
Page Count: 303
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.087208
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