Best of
Horror

1982

Different Seasons


Stephen King - 1982
    Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption--the most satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape since The Count of Monte Cristo.Apt Pupil--a golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism.The Body--four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods and in sunlight and thunder find life, death, and intimations of their own mortality.The Breathing Method--a tale told in a strange club about a woman determined to give birth no matter what.source: stephenking.com

The Body


Robin Waterfield - 1982
    As they travel, they discover how cruel the world can be, but also how wondrous.

Stephen King: The Art of Darkness


Douglas E. Winter - 1982
    A critical look at the work of Stephen King, writer of horror stories.

Creepshow


Stephen King - 1982
    Graphic adaptation art by Bernie Wrightson.Contents:· Father’s Day · gs * · The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill [adapted from “Weeds”, Cavalier May ’76] · gs * · The Crate [Gallery, Jul ’79] · gs * · Something to Tide You Over · gs * · They’re Creeping Up On You · gs *

The Body


Stephen King - 1982
    Ray Brower, a boy from a nearby town, has disappeared, and twelve-year-old Gordie Lachance and his three friends set out on a quest to find his body along the railroad tracks. During the course of their journey, Gordie, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio come to terms with death and the harsh truths of growing up in a small factory town that doesn’t offer much in the way of a future. A timeless exploration of the loneliness and isolation of young adulthood, Stephen King’s The Body is an iconic, unforgettable, coming-of-age story.

Stalking the Nightmare


Harlan Ellison - 1982
    (1957)The 3 Most Important Things in Life (Scenes from the Real World #1) (1978) • essayVisionary (1959) / Harlan Ellison and Joe L. HensleyDjinn, No Chaser (1982)Invasion Footnote (1957)Saturn, November 11th (Scenes from the Real World #2) (1981) • essayNight of Black Glass (1981)Final Trophy (1957)!!!The!!Teddy!Crazy!!Show!!! (1968)The Cheese Stands Alone (1982)Somehow, I Don't Think We're in Kansas, Toto (Scenes from the Real World #3) (1974) • essayTranscending Destiny (1957)The Hour That Stretches (1982)The Day I Died (1973) • essayTracking Level (1956)Tiny Ally (1957)The Goddess in the Ice (1967)Gopher in the Gilly (Scenes from the Real World #4) (1982) • essay

Katie


Michael McDowell - 1982
    As the cellar filled with corpses, the family coffers filled with cash.Pretty young Philo Drax didn't have a family anymore. Katie had finished off her grandfather and her mother, and promised to put Philo out of her misery very soon now.It was a hard, cruel world for an innocent girl alone, but Philo was glad to be alive, and eager to continue so. She had prospeccts of a romantic marriage to sustain her through her trials. While Katie, poor creature, had only her cunning... and her hammer.DON'T EVER TURN YOUR BACK ON KATIE!

The Delicate Dependency: A Novel of the Vampire Life


Michael Talbot - 1982
    Their arts and science are the light of civilization. Their consciousness, so old, so vastly superior, stands vigil over human progress. They were the Illuminali, They are the vampire. The players in this story are: Dr. John Gladstone, a fashionable London virologist on the verge of altering history; his elder daughter Ursula, enticed by the lure of immortality; his younger daughter Camille, bereft of reason, bestowed with genius; and the Lady Hespeth, whose obession is a mask of the unimaginable.

The Gunslinger


Stephen King - 1982
    He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.

Dark Companions


Ramsey Campbell - 1982
    Not all companions are friendly. There are many that you most definitely do not want to see. When Elaine was working late at the office, she thought she was all alone. But something sinister was in the elevator shaft…working its way to her floor. Miles, too, thought he was alone in his new house, the house of a murderer, but he, too, had an unwanted companion. And Knox will never forget what was waiting for him in the dense fog. Come and meet all of these companions and more in this chilling collection of horror tales by award-winning master of terror Ramsey Campbell. That clawing sound you hear, the haunting singing, the moving shadow—they all mean that something is waiting to make your acquaintance. Contains “The Companion”, the story Stephen King called “one of the three finest horror stories I have ever read”. [cover art by Jill Bauman]

Survivor Type


Stephen King - 1982
    Grant, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.This is a graphic adaptation of the short story, adapted and illustrated by Max Miller.

The Complete Vault of Horror


E.C. Comics - 1982
    Commentary by various artists and writers.

The God Project


John Saul - 1982
    Something that causes healthy babies to turn cold in their cribs. Something that strikes at the heart of every parent's darkest fears. Something is taking the children one by one. Now, an entire town waits on the edge of panic for the next nightmare. there must be a reason for the terror. they all know it. But no one ever suspected...

The Blob


Ian Thorne - 1982
    When a meteor crashes to earth, it carries a mysterious destructive blob inside.

The Creature Catalog


Mike Berenstain - 1982
    Includes selkies, King Kong, chimera, dragons, golem, werewolf, centaurs, and many more.

Wolfsbane


William W. Johnstone - 1982
    But for years the people of Ducros Parish, Louisiana, have been free of the ancient root--and its ancient evil. But now it has returned, and Ducros Parish will once again be a place of nightmarish terror. Johnstone is the author of Cat's Cradle.

The Amityville Horror II


John G. Jones - 1982
    An inconspicuous hose in a sleepy Long Island suburb that gave rise to a monstrous evil, a terrible phenomenon that stunned the country. It was to be the dream home of the Lutz family, but it turned out to be a hell house. After just 28 days, the Lutzes fled in terror, convinced the house was possessed by evil spirits. Now comes the full terror of the Amityville horror, for the nightmare that Jay Anderson described was not the whole story. There is more, much more, and it is all disclosed for the first time in The Amityville Horror II. For four years after the Lutzes fled the house at 112 Ocean Avenue, they were followed and tormented by an inescapable evil. Now the reveal the harrowing details of their harrowing ordeal.

The Voice Of The Clown


Brenda Brown Canary - 1982
    

Styx


Christopher Hyde - 1982
    The explanation for that evolutionary step - the missing link - has never been found...until now.An earthquake rocks Yugoslavia, uncovering the ghostly subterranean world of the awesome Subrano Cave. Its amazing paintings and fossils chronicle the existence of an ancient, mysterious race. As the dawn of man is slowly pieced together by an international investigative team, they discover that this unusual tribe disappeared deep into the earth, leaving a trail of paintings along the banks of an underground river.When another earthquake seals the cave for all time, the trapped survivors who have been studying the cave paintings have no choice. There is only one possible way out - ad that is to follow a path taken 40,000 years ago. They must ride the underground river Styx, all the way to Hell...

Nightmare Seasons


Charles L. Grant - 1982
    Four Oxrun Station horror novellas each from a different 20th century decade starting with 1950, keyed to the seasons.

Nightflyer


Christopher Fahy - 1982
    . . The prose is that ideal compromise between plain and vivid that allows the story to unreel through the videocassette player of the imagination to maximum vicarious effect. . . Nightflyer is fresh, hot, buttered popcorn." —Thomas M. Disch

The General's Wife


Peter Straub - 1982
    The General's Wife is a Novelette that is included in Floating Dragon.

The Solar Pons Omnibus


August Derleth - 1982
    The set collects all of the Solar Pons stories of August Derleth. The stories are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are arranged by their internal chronology, rather than by the date of their release. The stories had earlier appeared under the Arkham House imprint of Mycroft & Moran.This is a two volume slipcase edition that was issued without dust jackets.

Apt Pupil


Stephen King - 1982
    Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher: Mr. Dussander. Todd knows all about Dussander's dark past. The torture. The death. The decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn't want to turn him in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to learn the real meaning of power—and the seductive lure of evil.

Edgar Allan Poe's the Pit and the Pendulum


David Cutts - 1982
    Each book in the series has been designed with today's young reader in mind. As the words come to life, students will develop a lasting appreciation for great literature.The humor of Mark Twain...the suspense of Edgar Allan Poe...the danger of Jack London...the sensitivity of Katherine Mansfield. Creative Short Stories has it all and will prove to be a welcome addition to any library.

I, Zombie


Curt Selby - 1982
    When the girl from the asylum drowned in the lake that night, she thought it was the end of her life, but she was wrong. Curt Selby is the pen name of Doris Piserchia.

Films of Peter Lorre


Stephen D. Youngkin - 1982
    

The Deadly Mantis


Ian Thorne - 1982
    A giant insect frozen for millions of years thaws out in Alaska and makes its way to New York City.

Winter Lord


Jean Brooks-Janowiak - 1982
    Rob had discovered the unholy truth about the Daoines and paid the hellish penalty. As Jane realizes she's fallen under the spell of Moira's brother, Finn Daoine, she steps into a world of godlike beings and demonic forces that no mere mortal was meant to enter...

The Seed from the Sepulchre


Clark Ashton Smith - 1982