“ Knock, And He'll open the door. Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun. Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything. ” ― Rumi
* Cradle • (1995) • shortstory by Alan Brennert * The Dark Nightingale Returns • shortstory by Thomas Marcinko * A Frenzied Beat of Wings • (1980) • shortstory by C. Bruce Hunter * The Devil Is Not Mocked • (1943) • shortstory by Manly Wade
Award-winning horror editor Stephen Jones presents thirty-six modern masters of the macabre. Among them are: Harlan Ellison, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Paul McAuley, Peter Tremayne, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Ramsey Campbell.This anthology collects the very best in
Out of the crumbling, stench-filled pit come the undead, the unkillable, the everlasting zombies tracking down the living wherever they hide. Crammed with stories new and old by the masters of the macabre, including Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Graham Mast
ContentsThe Late Shift by Dennis EtchisonThe Enemy by Isaac Bashevis SingerDark Angel by Edward BryantThe Crest of Thirty-six by Davis GrubbMark Ingestre: The Customer’s Tale by Robert AickmanWhere the Summer Ends by Karl Edward WagnerThe Bingo Master b
A collection of 23 dark werewolf tales from contemporary and classic authors. Top contributors include Clive Barker, Michael Marshall Smith, Graham Masterton, and Mark Morris.Contents:Introduction: Even a Man Who is Pure of Heart... • essay by Stephen J
A collection of supernatural tales from the gothic graveyards of the 19th-century to spine-tingling and unusual settings of the modern age which includes work by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, M.R.James, Arthur Conan-D
On the nightmare planet Zuyle evolved a race of predators so deadly they could overrun worlds. Only two of them almost destroyed the planet Doronin. The enigmatic rulers of the galaxy ordered Doronin annihilated to stop the spread of the creatures--not kn
Terrifying barbarians, cunning mages, and daring heroes run rampant through these exceptional examples of the exciting sword and sorcery genre. In “Tower of the Elephant,” Conan takes up jewel thievery but proves to be far better with his sword. “T
Contentsxiii • Preface (Magicats!) • essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann1 • Space-Time for Springers • [Gummitch the Cat] • (1958) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber15 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955)
