A mindbending trio of spectacular stories from Stephen King, this set includes It, The Eyes Of The Dragon and Misery.

    They do, however, reveal some interesting things about his insomnia and persistent fears (he hates darkness), his literary sources, work habits (he writes two hours a day, seven days a week) and how his scary novels are linked to his childhood insecurities and feelings of inadequacy. The interviews, conducted by various journalists over the past decade, originally ran in media ranging from Penthouse to the Baltimore Sun. Shrugging off critics who dismiss his work as derivative, King explains his fascination with the horrific and calls himself a good writer, not a great one. His comments on his novels and their movie adaptations are often astute, as when he interprets Carrie as a parable of women's consciousness or pans Stanley Kubrick's frigid direction of The Shining.

    He's a hero, of sorts, who manages to come out on top through a combination of luck, trickery, and genuine magical skill. The Original Sins collection is a loosely connected series of tales of John's early years where Constantine was at his best and at his worst, all at the same time.Collects Hellblazer #1-9.

    Paul Wilson’s powerful World War II novel is an unforgettable saga of passion and terror, the ravages of war, the pain of betrayal, and the glory of love.At the heart of the story are four people torn between love and honor: Matsuo Okumo, born in Japan, raised in America, and hated in both lands; Hiroki Okumo, his brother, a modern samurai sworn to serve a secret cult and the almighty Emperor; Meiko Satsuma, the woman they both love; and Frank Slater, the American who turned away when Matsuo needed him, and who now struggles to repay his debt of honor.

    This third novel in the popular series becomes available for the first time in this trade paperback omnibus collection containing all of the award-winning Sonja Blue novels in their entirety.

    But even more mysterious was the blond-haired stranger who appeared out of nowhere – the man who saved Laura from a fatal delivery. Years later – another bolt of lightning – and the stranger returned, again to save Laura from tragedy. Was he the guardian angel he seemed? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond time and space?

    Guaranteed to give you a winter's chill, this set includes Different Seasons, Skeleton Crew and Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

    Unlike much of the current form, full of blood, monsters and melodrama, Aickman's stories achieve a quieter, more subtle and, in several ways, more lasting sense of disquiet. His lucid, finely tuned prose moves imperceptibly from the small crises and celebrations of ordinary life into another sphere. In these 11 stories, the occasion may be a walking tour of Northern England, a birthday present of a Victorian dollhouse or a stay at a Swedish sanatorium for insomniacs, but it simultaneously traps the characters with dread and opens them up to a new awareness of a greater, deeper and more dangerous world. A remarkable collection by an author who deserves to be better known.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

    The masterful blending of text and photos sweeps readers into a maelstrom of monsters watching from above--a nightmare in the sky. 24 full-color photos, 100 duotones.

    John wanders the mountains on foot as an itinerant folk singer of the old songs (his nickname comes from his guitar strings made of silver --- a substance that also repels some supernatural nasties --- but he's also known as a "witch-master," that is, a kind of paranormal troubleshooter whose lore and skills render him "master over" and able to defeat the sinister sorcery of witches and "ha'nts." His variety of supernatural adventures bring him to face with time travel, revenants, various monsters of regional folklore such as the "Behinder," and other macabre phenomena.Contents:1 · Foreword: Manly in the Mountains · David Drake · fw * [Manly Wade Wellman] 4 · Introduction: Just Call Me John · Karl Edward Wagner · in * [Manly Wade Wellman] 9 · O Ugly Bird! · ss F&SF Dec ’51 25 · The Desrick on Yandro · ss F&SF Jun ’52 41 · Vandy, Vandy · ss F&SF Mar ’53 59 · One Other · ss F&SF Aug ’53 77 · Call Me from the Valley · ss F&SF Mar ’54 92 · The Little Black Train · ss F&SF Aug ’54 112 · Shiver in the Pines · ss F&SF Feb ’55 134 · Walk Like a Mountain · ss F&SF Jun ’55 154 · On the Hills and Everywhere · ss F&SF Jan ’56 165 · Old Devlins Was A-Waiting · ss F&SF Feb ’57 189 · Nine Yards of Other Cloth · ss F&SF Nov ’58 212 · Wonder as I Wander · gp F&SF Mar ’62; Then I Wasn’t Alone, vi; You Know the Tale of Hoph, vi; Blue Monkey, vi; The Stars Down There, vi; Find the Place Yourself, vi; I Can’t Claim That, vi; Who Else Could I Count On, vi 219 · Farther Down the Trail · gp Who Fears the Devil, Arkham House, 1963; John’s My Name, vi; Why They’re Named That, vi; None Wiser for the Trip, vi; Nary Spell, vi 223 · Trill Coster’s Burden · ss Whispers II, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979 237 · The Spring · ss Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979 252 · Owls Hoot in the Daytime · ss Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 268 · Can These Bones Live? · ss Sorcerer’s Apprentice #11 ’81 280 · Nobody Ever Goes There · ss Weird Tales #3, ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1981 294 · Where Did She Wander? · ss Whispers Oct ’87

    Creators of horror (Stephen King, Clive Barker and Peter Straub etc) write about their favourite works.

    CarrieTo be invited to the Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie White - the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her gift on the town that mocks and loathes her...The TommyknockersComing back to Haven, Maine, has been like walking into a nightmare for Jim. It all looked the same, the house, the furniture, the woods. But it was in the woods that his friend Bobbi had stumbled over the odd, nearly buried object, had felt a peculiar tingle as she knelt down and brushed the soft earth away. And looking back, that had been the start of a terrible, terrifying transformation of an unremarkable place into something alien and hideous. A place of unrest and insane powers.

    Now listeners can chill to this second dramatic unabridged production of short stories from his best selling book, Night Shift. It brings Stephen King's demonic stories fully to life - and the terror even closer to home. Dropout drifter Hall has crossed the country doing whatever comes his way. Working the "Graveyard Shift" in a decaying Massachusetts mill under a bullying foreman is just one more leg in his crazy quilt journey, until it leads to a nether realm where the Rat Queen defends her empire. Things are never as they seem, as "The Man Who Loved Flowers" proves one perfect Spring evening on the sidewalks of New York. In "The Last Rung on the Ladder" beautiful Kitty hangs from dizzying heights above a hideous fate and, in "Night Surf," a group of teenagers on a late summer beach watch the world end in a gruesome, viral whimper. The mind-numbing secrets of "Jerusalem's Lot" wait in an ancestral mansion where blood binds the Boone family to a timeless history of unspeakable evil.

    Includes works from Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, and more. Original.

    Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror

    

    Lovecraft, With Augmentations for Today Accurate and Complete Over Two Dozen Often-Met Creatures Quick-Reference Monster ID Key 27 Evocative Full-Page Paintings 50+ Illustrations and Silhouettes Uniform Presentation of Data Special Size Comparison Charts Habitat, Distribution, and Life Cycle Notes How to Distinguish Similar-Seeming Entities Latest Hyper-Geometric Scholarship Specialized Observer Warnings as Needed Full Bibliography Faithful to Lovecraft

    Almost every important writer of fantastic fiction in the first half of this century—including H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Fritz Lieber—and countless other notables have had their works showcased in its pages.Now, in this special volume compiled by popular anthologist Marvin Kaye, some of the most memorable horrific, bizarre tales ever published are assembled, all of which have appeared in various incarnations of Weird Tales over the years.Interim by Ray BradburyThe House of Ecstasy by Ralph Milne FarleyThe Stolen Body by H.G. WellsThe Scrawny One by Anthony BoucherThe Sorcerer's Apprentice by Lucian of Samosata translated by Sir Thomas MoreSkulls in the Stars by Robert E. HowardEena by Manly BanisterThe Look by Maurice LevelMethought I Heard A Voice by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher PrattOff the Map by Rex DolphinThe Last Train by Fredric BrownTi Michel by W.J. StamperIn the X-Ray by Fritz LeiberSpeak by Henry SlesarThe Pale Criminal by C. Hall ThompsonThe Sombrus Tower by Tanith LeeMr. George by August DerlethThe Terror of the Water Tank by William Hope HodgsonThe Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave FlaubertThe Hoax of the Spirit Lover by Harry HoudiniSeed by Jack SnowMasked Ball by Seabury QuinnThe Woman with the Velvet Collar by Gaston LerouxMistress Sary by William TennThe Judge's House by Bram StokerThe Bagheeta by Val LewtonGhost Hunt by H.R. WakefieldFuneral in the Fog by Edward D. HochThe Damp Man by Allison V. HardingThe Lost Club by Arthur MachenWet Straw by Richard MathesonMysteries of the Faceless King by Darrell SchweitzerMore Than Shadow by Dorothy QuickThe Dead Smile by F. Marion CrawfordThe Sorcerer's Apprentice by Robert BlochChicken Soup by Katherine MacLean and Mary KornbluthThe Haunted Burglar by W.C. MorrowNever Bet the Devil Your Head by Edgar Allan PoeHe by H.P. LovecraftThe Brotherhood of Blood by Hugh B. CaveThe Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan by Clark Ashton SmithMen Who walk Upon the Air by Frank Belknap LongA Child's Dream of a Star by Charles DickensThe Perfect Host by Theodore SturgeonWhy Weird Tales attributed to Otis Adelbert KlineDust jacket illustration by Richard Kriegler, based on Howard's "Skulls in the Stars." Interior drawings by Richard Kriegler.Weird Tales has always been the most popular and sought-after of all pulp magazines. A mix of exotic fantasy, horror, science fiction, suspense, and the just plain indescribable.

    This groundbreaking anthology inaugurates an exciting new annual tradition—a giant collection of the greatest fantasy and supernatural stories published in 1987.

    With skillful prose, he enthralls even as he horrifies; with uncanny insight, he disturbs as profoundly as he reveals. Evoking revulsion and admiration, anticipation and dread, Barker's works explore the darkest contradictions of the human condition: our fear of life and our dreams of death.

    He's got a terrific project, and he's met the woman of his dreams -- literally, his dreams (though they're rather odd ones). But then, one night, he falls asleep and awakes . . . to the beginning of a nightmare he just can't seem to wake up from. . . .

    Reprint.Contents:The Vanishing American (1955)Appointment with Eddie (1988)Mourning Song (1963)Gentlemen, Be Seated (1960)Last Rites (1955)Miss Gentilbelle (1957)Place of Meeting (1953)The Devil, You Say? (1951)Free Dirt (1955)Song for a Lady (1960)The Howling Man (1959)The Dark Music (1956)The Magic Man (1960)Fair Lady (1957)A Point of Honor (1955)The Hunger (1955)Black Country (1954)The Jungle (1954)The New People (1958)Perchance to Dream (1958)The Crooked Man (1955)Blood Brother (1961)A Death in the Country (1957)The Music of the Yellow Brass (1959)Night Ride (1957)The Intruder (Chapter 10) (excerpt) (1988)The Crime of Willie Washington (1988)The Man with the Crooked Nose (1988)The Carnival (1988)To Hell with Claude (1988) with Chad Oliver

    

    Contains "The Curse of the Blue Figurine", "The Mummy, The Will, And the Crypt", "The Dark Secret of Weatherend", and "The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull".

    Alonebr/Annabel Leebr/Berenicebr/For Anniebr/The Black Catbr/The Cask Of Amontilladobr/The Conqueror Wormbr/The Fall Of The House Of Usherbr/The Gold-Bugbr/The Masque of the Red Deathbr/The Murders in the Rue Morguebr/The Purloined Letterbr/The Ravenbr/The Tell-Tale Heart

    

    His once soaring career as a musician and performer has plunged to rock bottom. He's running out of money, ideas, and hope...until two stunning women enter his life -- mysterious Gwendolyn and her bewitching friend, Adrienne. Now, the future couldn't look brighter, until Simon discovers who these enticing women really are.

    The series began as a horror anthology, but soon branched out into other genres as well.This first issue features work from Alan Moore, Charles Burns, Eddie Campbell, Chester Brown, Charles Vess, and many others.

    Cleo. Mr. Dobbs. Bigfoot. And their leader, Razor.They have been born and bred for one single purpose. To kill. And now they are loose and doing what they do best.You can run - but you won't escape these trained machines of death and destruction. You can fight - but you won't win against four attack dogs seeking more blood and fresh human meat. You can die - but it won't be fast or easy...

    A deaf and dumb child sees a vision which restores her senses but transforms her into an agent of infernal hatred; a man with visionary powers is terrorized by evil forces activated by the moon; a town is possessed by a frenzied insanity that emanates from the dark; the mind of a man with human feelings and intelligence is trapped inside the body of a dog. These tales of murder, madness and gruesome orgies of violence will haunt your days and inhabit your nights.

    

    Then it discovers a way, an escape, back into the world of men…in the form of a seductively beautiful .357 Colt Python revolver. Forged in the damned fires of the underworld, hammered from the strongest but cursed steel, the gun and the entity that inhabit it are capable of immeasurable destruction and insidious evil. Anyone who comes in contact with it, even touches it, will find themselves staring into the muzzle of a loaded and sinister gun…and into the mouth of hell.

    Two cousins spending the night in a tent in the dark back yard succeed in scaring each other, with a little help from brother Simon.

    — From the seedy French Quarter to the banks of Lake Pontchartrain, all of New Orleans is paralyzed by a series of gruesome, sadistic murders. The unsuspecting victims are all women, the young, innocent and beautiful from every walk of life. In the streets, in the parks, behind locked doors, there is no escaping the insane killer's maniacal fury. To the media he is "The Slasher"... but only the madman knows his own true identity: Jack of the Night.Jack the Ripper.The burden falls on Detective Dino LaStanza to stem the hideous tide of death sweeping through the terrorized southern metropolis. As a haunted young policeman's desperate manhunt is suddenly transformed from homicide investigation to a vendetta of blood.

    Dick; The War is Over by David Case; Cutting Down by Bob Shaw; The Clerks of Domesday by John Brunner; The Fifth Mask by Shamus Frazer; The Horror at Chilton Castle by Joseph Payne Brennan; Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon; The Necromancer by Arthur Gray

    McCammon* "Buried Talents" by Richard Matheson* "Soft" by F. Paul Wilson* "Second Sight" by Ramsey Campbell* "Everybody Needs a Little Love" by Robert Bloch* "The Yard" by William F. Nolan* "The Substitute" by Gahan Wilson* "Maurice and Mog" by James Herbert* "Angel’s Exchange" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson* "Hidey Hole" by Steve Rasnic Tem* "Long After Ecclesiastes" by Ray Bradbury* "The Night Is Freezing Fast" by Thomas F. Monteleone* "The Old Men Know" by Charles L. Grant* "Splatter: A Cautionary Tale" by Douglas E. Winter* "Czadek" by Ray Russell* "Wordsong" by J. N. Williamson* "Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock" by Joe R. Lansdale* "Outsteppin’ Fetchit" by Charles R. Saunders* "Somebody Like You" by Dennis Etchison* "Third Wind" by Richard Christian Matheson* "The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead" by Alan Rodgers* "Popsy" by Stephen King* "Behind the Masques" (afterword) by J. N. Williamson

    She had heard the vigorous sounds coming from their bedroom, and knew they must be lying exhausted in each other's arms by now.But she had to see them. She had to warn them what was happening here at Crystal Lake, as thunder crashed and lightning flashed.Timidly she opened the bedroom door and looked inside. The sheets were pulled over two figures lying on the bed."Sandra," Vickie whispered.Then the sheet was thrown back, and a hooded figure sat up......and Vickie screamed and screamed and screamed....

    Each tale is introduced with an intriguing account of its origin and sometimes the unbelievably strange but true facts upon which it is based.

    Barrie; the shadowy figure of a tall gentleman in a lift from the vivid imagination of L.P. Hartley. These are just a few of the spine-tingling classics, from the historical to the present day, with which to while away the winter hours.Ghost for Christmas - the perfect present for those who yearn for a little extra seasonal shiver.

    But the darkness is also the home of things Nature never intended - things violent, bestial, and obscenely evil. When a sudden power failure incapacitates the elevator to the surface, a group of tourists is trapped in the underground depths. Cold and scared, without lights or food, their only hope is to find an escape route through the sealed-off end of the cavern. But their explorations uncover a nest of horrors that has lain hidden for generations, and their idyllic underground journey becomes a nightmare trip through hell, as they find themselves battling for survival against the creatures of the abyss....

    Long ago, two priests vowed to silence the evil entombed below. But now, the guardians are gone--and once again, the people of Chinook Island are stalked by the undead, seeking to feast on human blood!

    

    Rasmussen5 • A Breath of Fresh Air • (1988) • short story by Edgar F. Tatro8 • The Double • (1988) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem10 • Forever Angels • (1988) • short story by Ronald Kelly15 • Leg Man • (1988) • short story by Chris B. Lacher18 • Any Requests? • poem by Thomas Rolls18 • A Cemetery Dance • poem by Jody Forest19 • David B. Silva Interview • interview of David B. Silva • interview by Richard Chizmar [as by Richard T. Chizmar]22 • Crow Weather • poem by James S. Dorr23 • Fury's Child • (1988) • short story by David B. Silva28 • Rock of Ages • (1988) • short story by John B. Rosenman30 • The Departing of Debbie • (1988) • short story by Anke Kriske34 • The Janitor • (1988) • short story by Bentley Little38 • An Island Unto Herself • (1988) • short story by Barry Hoffman42 • Playground Morbidity • poem by Cathy Buburuz42 • Stigma • poem by Dona Fox43 • The Officer's Club • (1988) • short story by Roman A. Ranieri45 • Gifting • poem by Denise Dumars45 • Oak Into Man • poem by Janet P. Reedman46 • The Hounds of Hell To Pay • (1988) • short story by David A. Lindschmidt47 • Night Frost • poem by Dwight E. Humphries47 • Fading to Gray • poem by Ann K. Taylor48 • Mommie's Garden • poem by M. M. M. Farrell48 • Victimater • poem by Marge Simon [as by M. B. Simon]

    McFarland ·A Return to the Sabbath · Robert Bloch · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · The Believers · Robert Arthur · A Teacher’s Rewards · Robert S. Phillips · Chico Lafleur Talks Funny · Suzette Haden Elgin ·The Legend of Joe Lee · John D. MacDonald · Seventh Sister · Mary Elizabeth Counselman ·The Isle of Voices · Robert Louis Stevenson · One Man’s Harp · Babette Rosmond · Cannibalism in the Cars · Mark Twain ·The Smell of Cherries · Jeffrey Goddin · Away · Barry N. Malzberg ·Twilla · Tom Reamy · His Name Was Not Forgotten · Joel Townsley Rogers · Désirée’s Child · Kate Chopin ·The Children of Noah · Richard Matheson · 2The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch · Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft · The Screwfly Solution [as by Raccoona Sheldon] · James Tiptree, Jr. · The Unpleasantness at Carver House · Carl Jacobi · Mute Milton · Harry Harrison · Dumb Supper · Henderson Starke ·Lonely Train a’ Comin’ [“The Train”] · William F. Nolan ·Children of the Corn · Stephen King · Legal Rites [Pohl as James MacCreigh] · Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl ·The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys · The Devil of the Picuris · Edwin L. Sabin · The Garrison [as by David Grinnell] · Donald A. Wollheim ·The Desrick on Yandro [John] · Manly Wade Wellman · Shaggy Vengeance · Robert Adams ·The Horsehair Trunk · Davis Grubb ·The Curse of Yig · Zealia Brown Reed Bishop · Peekaboo · Bill Pronzini ·Bird of Prey · Nelson S. Bond · The Haunter of the Dark · H. P. Lovecraft · Song of the Slaves · Manly Wade Wellman · The Eagle-Claw Rattle · Ardath Mayhar · Our Town · Jerome Bixby · Perverts · Whitley Strieber · The Goddess of Zion · David H. Keller, M.D. · Alannah [as by Stephen Grendon] · August Derleth · His Coat So Gay [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · Bigfish · Edward D. Hoch · ss *Lonely Road · Richard Wilson · Beyond the Threshold · August Derleth · The Monster of Lake LaMetrie · Wardon Allan Curtis

    All are caught in a crossfire of vengeance that is fought behind closed doors with sex, bribery, blackmail, and murder.Friends are forever wedged apart by the turmoil. Generations of conflict erupt with violence. And a maddening horror grips the lives of innocents who become as demonic as the Satan they curse with their nightly prayers. A woman is desperately in love. A woman is scorned. A woman is betrayed. Someone will pay a terrible price.Cover Artist: Tom Hallman

    The vile infection transformed those it touched into savage demented beasts. But the victims of this ancient curse did not die, they overran the earth, thriving on the meat of the healthy. Survivors could either contract the hideous sickness--or meet death in the jaws of a rabid killer.