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9780786716760

Dark Delicacies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780786716760

  • ISBN10:

    0786716762

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-09-20
  • Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub
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Summary

In a truly distinguished collection of twenty superb, sublimely dark tales written especially for this volume, such acknowledged contemporary masters of horror fiction as Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, Ramsey Campbell, Nancy Holder, Richard Laymon, Brian Lumley, Joe Lansdale, Whitley Streiber, F. Paul Wilson, and Chelsea Quinn Yarboro serve up a veritable feast of fear. For the first time ever, Dark Delicacies, the world's foremost horror bookstore, lends its famous name and imprimatur to an anthology designed to please the palate of the genre's most discriminating fans. Throughout, the editorsDel Howison (co-owner of Dark Delicacies) and leading horror anthologist Jeff Gelbpresent perfectly crafted, freshly original horror-fiction fare that is as terrifying as it is chillingly delicious.

Author Biography

Del Howison, founder of the world’s most famous horror emporium and bookstore, Dark Delicacies, has used his extensive friendships in the horror field to compile this anthology. He is an esteemed expert in the genre and has made cameo appearances in a number of horror films. Howison lives in Los Angeles.

Jeff Gelb is the leading anthologist in contemporary horror. He is the co-editor of the Hot Blood erotic horror series, which features multiple Bram Stoker award-winners. His anthologies have debuted new fiction by Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey Campbell, and Brian Lumley. He lives in California.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Backward, Upside Downward ix
Richard Matheson
Introduction xi
Jeff Gelb
The Reincarnate
1(10)
Ray Bradbury
Black Mill Cove
11(10)
Lisa Morton
Kaddish
21(21)
Whitley Streiber
The Seer
42(13)
Robert Steven Rhine
The Fall
55(10)
D. Lynn Smith
Part of the Game
65(15)
F. Paul Wilson
The Bandit of Sanity
80(16)
Roberta Lannes
My Thing Friday
96(22)
Brian Lumley
Out Twelve-Steppin', Summer of AA
118(16)
Nancy Holder
Bloody Mary Morning
134(12)
John Farris
A Gentleman of the Old School
146(13)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbo
The Announcement
159(12)
Ramsey Campbell
The Outermost Borough
171(9)
Gahan Wilson
Dark Delicacies of the Dead
180(12)
Rick Pickman
Depompa
192(16)
William F. Nolan
The Pyre and Others
208(11)
David J. Schow
All My Bloody Things
219(14)
Steve Niles
The Diving Girl
233(16)
Richard Laymon
Haeckel's Tale
249(17)
Clive Barker
Before You Leave
266(2)
Del Howison
Contributor Biographies 268

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