In this stunning 40th Anniversary Edition, a desperate mother and two priests fight to free the soul of a little girl from a supernatural entity of pure malevolence.

    Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy.Contents:"Introduction" (Lin Carter) Hyperborea "The Muse of Hyperborea" (prose poem) "The Seven Geases" "The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan" "The White Sybil" "The Testament of Athammaus" "The Coming of the White Worm" "Ubbo-Sathla" "The Door to Saturn" "The Ice-Demon" "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" "The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles" The World's Rim "The Abominations of Yondo" "The Desolation of Soom" "The Passing of Aphrodite" "The Memnons of the Night" "Notes on the Commoriom Myth-Cycle", by Lin Carter

    It was Thursday and unseasonably hot for April. He had his suitcoat off, his tie removed and shirt collar opened, his sleeve cuffs folded back. There was sunlight on his left arm and on part of his lap. He could feel the heat of it through his dark trousers as he drove along the two-lane highway. For the past twenty minutes, he had not seen another vehicle going in either direction.Then he saw the truck...

    Its impeccable recreation of small-town life and its skillful handling of the theme of personality transference between thirteen-year-old twins led to widespread critical acclaim for the novel, which was successfully filmed from Thomas Tryon's own screenplay.This edition features original artwork by surrealist artist Harry O. Morris.

    So when Sherry came to visit her Aunt Judith, no one could explain the odd things that started to happen. Who was the elusive friend Sherry said she saw in the garden? Was she an imaginary playmate - or could she be the ghost of Miranda who had drowned in the pond years ago? Uncanny reminders of Miranda began to turn up - a blue rose, a lost riding whip... Lindsey and Tammy, who lived next door, decided to delve into the meaning of the apparent psychic phenomena. They soon found themselves drawn deeper and deeper into an intriguing mystery.

    Miraculously, the boat is still afloat--and its only passenger is alive!"Make Me Laugh": Fat, ugly Jackie Slater is a third-rate comic playing the desperation circuit of sleazy nightclubs. Enter Chatterje, the miracle guru. Suddenly, Jackie is a big-time TV comic--but the laughs are tinged with hysteria."Pamela's Voice": Jonathan has ever-so-neatly "disposed" of his nagging, druid-like wife, Pamela. Strange, then, that she should return from the grave in full bloom--and bitchier than ever.PLUS "Does the Name Grimsby Do Anything to You?"--The worst space risk of all: Lunar Insanity... "Clean Kills and Other Trophies"... Father and son play the most dangerous game... and the Emmy Award Nominee "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar".Don't miss television's most imaginative show -- Rod Serling's Night Gallery

    

    

    Peter Haining has collected the stories on which eighteen of the very best horror films were based...""...In his introductions to each story, Mr. Haining provides a brief look at the story itself and the films made from it, including some fascinating bits of information about the making of the motion picture."Stories included:The Devil in a ConventThe LunaticsPuritan PassionsPhantom of the OperaThe MagicianFreaksMost Dangerous GameDracula's DaughterAll that Money Can BuyThe Body SnatcherThe Beast with Five FingersBeast from 20,000 FathomsThe FlyBlack SundayIncident at Owl CreekDie, Monster, Die!The SkullThe Oblong Box

    No one should waste those deliciously dark hours between dusk and dawn when the wind howls the loudest and the smallest sounds can reap the greatest dividends of dread. Therefore in his latest collection Hitch has personally selected tales tailored to break the stranglehold of slumber and make sure that all your nightmares are waking ones.

    Contents:About The Spawn of CTHULHU & H.P. Lovecraft · Lin CarterThe Whisperer in Darkness · H.P. Lovecraft · in Weird Tales Aug ’31 An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter Dec 25, 1886 The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow, New York & Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 Cordelia’s Song from The King in Yellow · Vincent Starrett · pm Weird Tales Apr ’38 The Return of Hastur · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales Mar ’39 Litany to Hastur (from Dreams from R’lyeh) · Lin Carter · pm Amra v2 #32 ’65 The Children of the Night · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales Apr/May ’31 K’n-yan · Walter C. DeBill, Jr. · pm The Arkham Collector Win ’71 The Tale of Satampra Zeiros [Satampra Zeiros] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Nov ’31 The Hounds of Tindalos · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales Mar ’29 The Curse of Yig · Zealia Brown Reed Bishop · ss Weird Tales Nov ’29 The Mine on Yuggoth [revised from “The Tower from Yuggoth”, Goudy #2 ’61] · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Inhabitant of the Lake, Arkham, 1964

    Ambrose Bierce's horror stories

    Worshipped by opera lovers everywhere, Gilda Gianini retained her youth and beauty as well as her talent all those years. But there was a horrible secret behind the sweet pure tones that flowed from her throat, a terrifying reason behind the loveliness of her face. To discover the truth about Madame Gianini, Kitty Telefair was relying on her special occult powers, on the Telefairs' centuries-old heritage of psychic skills. But Kitty was stunned at the battle that followed her search - a battle fought with supernatural weapons, in a shadowy world where evil ruled.....