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The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV
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DAW Books: Book 217

The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV (1976) (edit title/settings)

by Gerald W. Page (Editor) (edit contributors)

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HORROR STORIES
Often the line between science fiction and the weird tale defies detection. Because some science fiction can also be tales of horror and some terror tales can be science fictional. That is why you will find among the authors in this latest selection of the best horror... read more

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TERROR'S UNDISCOVERED LANDS
In the fourteen stories here we find our share of ghosts and werewolves and vampires, of monsters, of people trapped in (and out of) time and space -- but these things don't always take the expected form. Our writers still explore lands that have not yet been... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

TERROR'S UNDISCOVERED LANDS
In the fourteen stories here we find our share of ghosts and werewolves and vampires, of monsters, of people trapped in (and out of) time and space -- but these things don't always take the expected form. Our writers still explore lands that have not yet been settled ... Our writers know that terra incognita still may lie across a sea or in some uncharted forest; but they also know that it can be as close as the other end of town; or in the same house or building where you now sit reading. It can be locked in your own mind, and with a rusty corroded lock just waiting for a little pressure to make it snap open.
Today's writers are more familiar than the writers of Poe's time with the ways of reaching terra incognita, and they are eager for your company ...

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  • “There's only one thing I want to know," I said. "What did you put in that box?”

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The early teller of horror stories, in common with the originators of less horrific fantasy and science fiction, made sure his stories took place far enough from his audience that they could never challenge his claims.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Introduction, by Gerald W. Page
Forever Stand the Stones, by Joe Pumilia
And Don't Forget the One Red Rose, by Avram Davidson
Christmas Present, by Ramsey Campbell
A Question of Guilt, by Hal Clement
The House on Stillcroft Street, by Joseph Payne Brennan
The Recrudescence of Geoffrey Marvell, by G. N. Gabbard
Something Had to Be Done, by David Drake
Cottage Tenant, by Frank Belknap Long
The Man with the Aura, by R. A. Lafferty
White Wolf Calling, by C. L. Grant
Lifeguard, by Arthur Byron Cover
The Black Captain, by H. Warner Munn
The Glove, by Fritz Leiber
No Way Home, by Brian Lumley
The Lovecraft Controversy -- Why?, by E. Hoffmann Price

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 217 of 483 in DAW Books. (publisher series)

Preceded by The World Asunder, and followed by The Final Circle of Paradise.

This is book 4 of 17 in The Year's Best Horror Stories (DAW). (standard series)

Followed by The Year's Best Horror Stories, Series V.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Gerald W. Page (Editor)

Other Contributors:

  1. Michael Whelan (Cover Artist)
  2. Gerald W. Page (Introduction)
  3. Joe Pumilia (Contributor) - Forever Stand the Stones (short story)
  4. Avram Davidson (Contributor) - And Don't Forget the One Red Rose (short story)
  5. Ramsey Campbell (Contributor) - Christmas Present (short story)
  6. Hal Clement (Contributor) - A Question of Guilt (short story)
  7. Joseph Payne Brennan (Contributor) - The House on Stillcroft Street (short story)
  8. G. N. Gabbard (Contributor) - The Recrudescence of Geoffrey Marvell (short story)
  9. David Drake (Contributor) - Something Had to Be Done (short story)
  10. Frank Belknap Long (Contributor) - Cottage Tenant (short story)
  11. R. A. Lafferty (Contributor) - The Man with the Aura (short story)
  12. Charles L. Grant (Contributor) - White Wolf Calling (short story)
  13. Arthur Byron Cover (Contributor) - Lifeguard (short story)
  14. H. Warner Munn (Contributor) - The Black Captain (short story)
  15. Fritz Leiber, Jr. (Contributor) - The Glove (short story)
  16. Brian Lumley (Contributor) - No Way Home (short story)
  17. E. Hoffmann Price (Contributor) - The Lovecraft Controversy -- Why? (article)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: DAW Books, Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0-87997-263-7
Page Count: 208

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