Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories

by Dziemianowicz, Stefan; Weinberg, Robert; Greenberg, Martin H.

• ISBN13: 9781586632403
• ISBN10: 158663240X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Metro Books

Summary

Get your daily dose of terror from this one-of-a-kind anthology guaranteed to induce thrills, chills, and shocks! The horror short-short is not an easy form to master, but more than one hundred of the genre's critically acclaimed authors and hottest up-and-comers have taken a stab at it in Horrors!: 365 Scary Stories, a mammoth anthology that contains a short horror tale for every day of the year. Abominable monsters, rancorous demons, malevolent children, bloodthirsty psychopaths, immortal vampires, reincarnated corpses, and other evil incarnate deliver powerful jolts to your imagination. If you anticipate the worst, shiver at violent crime, jump at the slightest bumps in the night, and/or are afraid of dying -- these stories are really bad news for you! Steve Rasnic Tem, William F. Nolan, Tom Piccirilli, Yvonne Navarro, Peter Atkins, Brian Hodge, and 167 others give you short, sharp shocks in this must-have anthology.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
A-Huntin' We Will Go	1	(2)
Linda J. Dunn
Adventures in Further Education	3	(2)
Peter Atkins
After the End of It All	5	(2)
Andrew Sands
After the Hook	7	(2)
David Annandale
After Work	9	(2)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Along for the Ride	11	(2)
Tim Waggoner
And Baby Makes 13	13	(2)
Del Stone Jr.
And the Woman Said	15	(2)
Don Webb
And then the Music Stopped	17	(2)
Greg McElhatton
Anniversary	19	(2)
Aaron Vanek
Another Night	21	(2)
Brian McNaughton
Are You the One?	23	(2)
David Niall Wilson
As Thousands Screamed	25	(2)
Gregory Nicoll
Asylum	27	(2)
Brian Hodge
At 3:00 A.M.	29	(2)
William McMahon
At the Bus Station	31	(2)
Alan Rodgers
Autumn in the Clockwork Forest	33	(2)
Michael Scott Bricker
Bad Feelings	35	(2)
Don D'Ammassa
Ball of Blood	37	(2)
Karl Schroeder
Base of a Triangle	39	(2)
Nancy Kilpatrick
Be Careful What You Say ...	41	(2)
David Niall Wilson
Bedtime Story	43	(2)
Steve Eller
Being of One Mind	45	(3)
Benjamin Adams
Best Friends	48	(1)
Linda J. Dunn
Beware the Truancy Officer	49	(2)
Leslie What
The Big One	51	(2)
Lisa Lepovetsky
Billy	53	(2)
Adam Niswander
Birches and Murk	55	(2)
Lois H. Gresh
Blood Money	57	(2)
Paula Guran
The Blue Jar	59	(2)
Lisa S. Silverthorne
Board Action	61	(2)
William Marden
Bogiebox	63	(2)
Michael Mardis
The Bone Garden	65	(1)
Don Webb
The Bookseller	66	(2)
Adam Niswander
Boxes	68	(2)
Phyllis Eisenstein
Burb Vamp	70	(3)
Barbara J. Ferrenz
Business Image	73	(2)
Brian McNaughton
Callahan's Coat	75	(2)
Donald R. Burleson
Candid Camera	77	(2)
Don D'Ammassa
Candles	79	(2)
Lisa Jean Bothell
The Candyman	81	(2)
Michael Grisi
The Cards Speak	83	(2)
Brian Craig
Carnival Wishing	85	(2)
Lisa Lepovetsky
The Cat	87	(2)
Phyllis Eisenstein
Catharsis	89	(2)
Tim Waggoner
Change of Life	91	(2)
Adam Niswander
Changes	93	(2)
Brian McNaughton
The Chindi	95	(2)
Don D'Ammassa
Christmas with the Count	97	(2)
Ian McDowell
Circles of Purgatory	99	(2)
Sandra Hutchinson
Claws	101	(3)
John B. Rosenman
Cold Comfort	104	(2)
Lillian Csernica
Cold Moon	106	(1)
Judy L. Tucker
The Collector	107	(2)
Linda J. Dunn
Collector of Rugs	109	(1)
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Collector's Fever	110	(2)
Gary Jonas
Contract Ice	112	(2)
Marion Cepican
A Convenient Arrangement	114	(2)
Michael Marshall Smith
The Cough	116	(2)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Cower Before Bobo	118	(2)
Tom Piccirilli
Crashing	120	(1)
Lawrence Greenberg
Crisis Line	121	(2)
Del Stone Jr.
A Cup of Dragon's Blood	123	(2)
Juleen Brantingham
Curses	125	(2)
Martin Mundt
Daddy	127	(2)
Tim Waggoner
Dark Zone	129	(2)
Ed Williams
Daytimer	131	(2)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Dead Letter	133	(2)
Stephanie Bedwell-Grime
Dead Women's Things	135	(2)
Kathy Chwedyk
Death Certificate	137	(2)
Scott A. Cupp
Death Clown	139	(1)
Wayne Allen Sallee
Death for Death	140	(2)
Kevin Andrew Murphy
Lillian Csernica
The Death of Love	142	(2)
Adam-Troy Castro
December	144	(1)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Demon Bender	145	(3)
Tina L. Jens
Demon Tears	148	(2)
Gordon Linzner
Desert Shoreline	150	(2)
Brian Hodge
Dining Made Simple	152	(2)
Allison Stein Best
The Distances of Hell	154	(2)
John Maclay
The Dogcatcher	156	(2)
Thomas S. Roche
A Donation to the Homeless	158	(2)
Mark Bloodstone
Don's Last Minute	160	(2)
Wayne Allen Sallee
Double Crossing	162	(2)
Lawrence Schimel
The Dread	164	(2)
Mandy Slater
DREAD!	166	(3)
Brian McNaughton
The Dream Book	169	(2)
Don Webb
Drive	171	(2)
Joe Meno
Driven to Distraction	173	(1)
Jacqueline Q. Shelton
Dust in the Attic	174	(2)
Phyllis Eisenstein
Each Day	176	(2)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Early Retirement	178	(2)
Edward E. Kramer
The Earwig Song	180	(2)
M. Christian
Easy Money	182	(2)
Mark Hannah
Ebony Eyes	184	(2)
Francis Amery
Edwina Talbot	186	(2)
Benjamin Adams
Empathy's Bed at Midnight	188	(2)
Martin R. Soderstrom
Encore	190	(2)
Hugh B. Cave
Engorged Pereute	192	(3)
Lois H. Gresh
Erosion Road	195	(2)
Gary A. Braunbeck
The Evil Dark	197	(2)
Gary Jonas
Extract	199	(2)
Brian Hodge
Eyes Like Diamonds in a Subway Tunnel	201	(1)
Edward Gaillard
Fall of Man	202	(2)
Graham P. Collins
Fashion Victim	204	(2)
Martin Mundt
The Fear of Eight Legs	206	(2)
Lisa Morton
Feast of the Crows	208	(2)
Brian A. Hopkins
Feeding the Beast	210	(1)
Larry Segriff
Final Call	211	(1)
John Gregory Betancourt
Finders Keepers	212	(2)
Terry Campbell
Finding Destiny	214	(2)
Yvonne Navarro
Fire in the Skies over Asia	216	(2)
Damien Filer
Five Paranoiacs, All in a Row ...	218	(3)
Thomas M. Sipos
A Flash of Silver	221	(2)
Ben P. Indick
Fly in Your Eye	223	(2)
David Nickle
For Your Immediate Attention	225	(1)
Peter Atkins
Forever	226	(3)
Karen E. Taylor
Fragment of a Diary Found on Ellesmere Island	229	(2)
Brian McNaughton
From the Swamp Rot Rises My Baby's Dreams	231	(2)
Tom Piccirilli
Future Shock	233	(2)
John B. Rosenman
The Garage	235	(2)
Del Stone Jr.
C. M. Terry
Gators in the Sewers	237	(2)
Tina L. Jens
Gentleman's Agreement	239	(2)
Judith Post
Ghost Story	241	(2)
Kevin Shadle
Ghost Writer	243	(3)
Lisa Morton
Given by the Sun	246	(2)
S. May Amarinth
Glimpses	248	(2)
John B. Rosenman
Going Home!	250	(2)
William Marden
Golden Dreams	252	(2)
Rob Wojtasiewicz
Good Morning. It's Me!	254	(2)
John Maclay
Good Dog	256	(1)
Donald R. Burleson
Good-bye to Singer Swann	257	(2)
Kay Reynolds
Gorgon	259	(3)
Brian Hodge
Graveyard Dirt	262	(2)
Terry Campbell
Green Fingers	264	(1)
Hugh B. Cave
Green Magic	265	(2)
Leslie R. Walstrom
Half Life	267	(3)
Joel Ross
Harvest	270	(2)
Fred Behrendt
The Haunted Nursery	272	(2)
Brian Stableford
Heart of the Garden	274	(2)
Caro Soles
Heartbeat	276	(2)
S. May Amarinth
Horror by Sunlight	278	(2)
Lawrence C. Connolly
Houses Creaking in the Wind	280	(1)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Hunger	281	(2)
Michael A. Burstein
Hunt	283	(3)
Bradley H. Sinor
Husks	286	(2)
Thomas Smith
Idle Conversation at the End of the World	288	(2)
Richard Parks
If Thine Eye Offends Thee	290	(1)
Peter Atkins
If You Feel You Have Reached This Number in Error ...	291	(2)
John Helfers
If You Go Out in the Woods Tonight	293	(1)
Nancy Holder
If You Love Someone, Let Them Go	294	(1)
Peter Atkins
I'll Get Away with It	295	(2)
William F. Nolan
I'm a Crazy Tiger	297	(2)
Tina L. Jens
Immanence	299	(3)
David Annandale
Immortal Muse	302	(2)
Don D'Ammassa
In the Lonely Hours	304	(2)
William Marden
In the Wilds of the Suburbs	306	(2)
Del Stone Jr.
Incident in the Western Lands	308	(2)
Don Webb
Incognito	310	(2)
Terry McGarry
Insects and Desire	312	(2)
Joe Murphy
Interrupted Pilgrimage	314	(2)
Brian McNaughton
It's Hell Waking Up	316	(2)
Wayne Allen Sallee
I've Seen That Look Before	318	(1)
Larry Segriff
The Jack-o'-Lantern	319	(2)
Scott David Aniolowski
Just Another Good Ol' Haunted House	321	(2)
Terry Campbell
Just Desserts	323	(2)
Robert Weinberg
Just Suppose	325	(2)
Darrell Schweitzer
Knock	327	(3)
Edward Bryant
Lady of the Night	328
James Anderson
The Lamia's Soliloquy	330	(2)
S. May Amarinth
Last Fight	332	(2)
Peter Cannon
The Last Laugh	334	(2)
William Marden
The Last Resort	336	(2)
Richard Gilliam
The Last Wish	338	(2)
Scott Edelman
A Late Date	340	(2)
Tomi Lewis
Liar's Dice	342	(2)
Adam Niswander
The Light of Truth	344	(3)
Benjamin Adams
Like a Charm	347	(2)
David Niall Wilson
A Likeness of Me	349	(2)
Dawn Dunn
The Little Black Dog	351	(2)
Linda J. Dunn
Little Man	353	(2)
Scott M. Brents
Lopez	355	(2)
Benjamin Adams
Lost Pao	357	(2)
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Love Sat Alone on a Foggy Pier	359	(2)
Terry Campbell
Lovelocks	361	(2)
Brian McNaughton
Magpie	363	(3)
Brian McNaughton
Making It Right	366	(2)
Bob Stein
Mall of the Dead	368	(2)
Del Stone Jr.
Many Happy Returns	370	(2)
Brian McNaughton
Memory	372	(2)
Mollie L. Burleson
The Midwife's Temptation	374	(2)
Michael L. McComas
Mirroring	376	(2)
Tim Waggoner
Miss Courtney's Beau	378	(2)
Michael Mardis
Miss Hitchbone Reclaims Her Own	380	(2)
Will Murray
Misunderstanding	382	(2)
James Robert Smith
The Monster Within	384	(1)
S. Darnbrook Colson
Monsters	385	(3)
Richard T. Chizmar
Moth	388	(2)
Joe Meno
Mother Lode	390	(2)
Ojvind Bernander
Mr. Bauble's Bag	392	(2)
Scott David Aniolowski
Mr. Brubaker Goes to Work	394	(2)
Lyn Nichols
Much More Than You Know	396	(2)
Brian A. Hopkins
Mud	398	(2)
Juleen Brantingham
The Music Box	400	(2)
Lisa Lepovetsky
My Evil Twin	402	(2)
Brian Craig
My Wound Still Weeps	404	(2)
Michael A. Arnzen
A New Life	406	(1)
William Rotsler
New Oldies	407	(2)
John B. Rosenman
Night Chase	409	(2)
Sara Simmons
The Night Club	411	(2)
Scott David Aniolowski
Night Eyes	413	(2)
Tim Waggoner
Night Terrors	415	(2)
Blythe Ayne
Night Train	417	(2)
Bob Morrish
Nightmares	419	(2)
Linda J. Dunn
Nikola, Moonstruck	421	(2)
Lisa Morton
No Pain	423	(2)
Lyn Nichols
No Strings Attached	425	(2)
David Niall Wilson
Novice	427	(2)
A. M. Dellamonica
The Number You Have Reached	429	(3)
Brian McNaughton
Odd Jobs	432	(2)
Jason A. Tanner
The Odor of Sanctity	434	(2)
William Marden
On Spending the Night Alone in a Haunted House: A User's Guide	436	(2)
Bruce Boston
On the Panecraft Train	438	(2)
Tom Piccirilli
One for the Road	440	(2)
Judith Post
One Romantic Evening...	442	(2)
Greg McElhatton
One Way	444	(2)
Hugh B. Cave
Only Death, Sir	446	(1)
Peter Atkins
Parasite	447	(2)
Greg McElhatton
The Park	449	(2)
Phyllis Eisenstein
Parlor Games	451	(2)
Lawrence Schimel
Patient Fate	453	(2)
Tom Piccirilli
Penance	455	(2)
Barry Hoffman
The Perfect Baby	457	(2)
Linda J. Dunn
A Perfect Lady	459	(2)
David Niall Wilson
Phone Tag	461	(2)
John R. Platt
Picnic Under the Sky	463	(1)
Greg van Eekhout
Picture This	464	(2)
Scott Edelman
The Piggy Bank	466	(2)
Don D'Ammassa
Pine Supine	468	(2)
Robert Devereaux
Pinning Dante	470	(3)
Randy Miller
Plant Kingdom	473	(2)
Scott M. Brents
Porky Pig in the Mirror	475	(2)
Randy Miller
The Predator	477	(2)
Don D'Ammassa
Prime Crime	479	(2)
William Marden
The Proof in the Picture	481	(2)
Lisa Morton
The Pull-out Atlas of the Unseen World	483	(3)
Michael Gillis
Pullover	486	(2)
Robert Devereaux
Quality Time	488	(2)
Gary Jonas
The Quimby House Ghost	490	(2)
Dan Perez
Rain Brujah	492	(2)
Jessica Reisman
The Ramp on Trumbull Street	494	(2)
Wayne Allen Sallee
Rattle Them Bones	496	(2)
John B. Rosenman
Reading the Cards	498	(1)
Lisa Lepovetsky
Revelations	499	(2)
Gerard Daniel Houarner
Revival Meeting at the Breakfast Bar	501	(2)
Gary Jonas
The Riddle of the Sphinx	503	(2)
Brian Stableford
Road Story	505	(2)
Benjamin Adams
The Robe	507	(2)
Phyllis Eisenstein
Romance for Violin and Knife, Op. 1	509	(1)
Trey R. Barker
Romany	510	(3)
Janet Berliner
Romeo and Juliet	513	(1)
Jessica Amanda Salmonson
The Root of the Matter!	514	(2)
William Marden
Rosa Two-Coins	516	(2)
Billie Sue Mosiman
Rosner's Hat	518	(2)
Yvonne Navarro
Rubber-Face	520	(2)
Brian McNaughton
Rude Awakenings	522	(2)
Tim Waggoner
Runaway	524	(2)
Don Herron
Rural Legend	526	(2)
Nancy Kilpatrick
Sarcophagus	528	(2)
Stephen Dedman
Scanning	530	(2)
Richard Gilliam
Scarecrow's Discovery	532	(2)
Jeff Strand
Screamer	534	(2)
Gordon R. Ross
The Second Time Around	536	(1)
Adam-Troy Castro
The Second Vial	537	(2)
Lawrence Schimel
The Secret of Bees	539	(2)
Tim Waggoner
Serial Killers	541	(2)
Stephen Woodworth
Shades of Gray	543	(3)
Sue Storm
Shadrach	546	(2)
Adam Niswander
Shattering the Sonata	548	(2)
Devon Monk
Sherri Goes to the Office	550	(2)
Yvonne Navarro
She Waits...	552	(2)
Kay Reynolds
Shift	554	(2)
David Annandale
Shooting Evil	556	(2)
Lawrence C. Connolly
Shutter	558	(3)
Gordon Linzner
Sibling Rivalry	561	(2)
Brian Hodge
The Silver and the Damage Done	563	(2)
Scott M. Brents
Silver Futures	565	(2)
Stephen Dedman
Six Deaths More	567	(2)
Judith Post
Skeptic	569	(2)
Tim Waggoner
Slips of Pink Paper	571	(2)
Cindie Geddes
Smell	573	(2)
Brian McNaughton
Smother Love	575	(1)
Nancy Kilpatrick
The Snow Globes	576	(3)
Benjamin Adams
Snowman	579	(2)
Donald R. Burleson
Solstice	581	(2)
Lisa Jean Bothell
Someday My Prints Will Come	583	(2)
Lawrence Schimel
Sometimes the Answer Is Yes	585	(2)
Ron Collins
The Sound	587	(5)
Lawrence Greenberg
Special Interests	589
Lillian Csernica
Kevin Andrew Murphy
Speed	592	(2)
T. W. Kriner
Speed Demon	594	(2)
Jay R. Bonansinga
Spring	596	(2)
Joe Meno
St. Louis #2	598	(3)
Michael Grisi
Stains	601	(1)
Lawrence Person
Stakeout	602	(2)
Don D'Ammassa
Static	604	(2)
Louise Rowder
Stone Face	606	(2)
Blythe Ayne
Straight to the Heart	608	(2)
David Niall Wilson
The Stranger's Tomb	610	(2)
Terry Campbell
Suds	612	(2)
Adam-Troy Castro
Summer Retreat	614	(2)
Kevin Shadle
Swamp Flowers	616	(2)
David C. Woomer
Sympathy for Mad Scientists	618	(2)
John Gregory Betancourt
Sympathy for Mummies	620	(3)
John Gregory Betancourt
Sympathy for Psychos	623	(2)
John Gregory Betancourt
Sympathy for Vampires	625	(3)
John Gregory Betancourt
Sympathy for Wolves	628	(1)
John Gregory Betancourt
Teacher's Pets	629	(2)
Hugh B. Cave
Temperance	631	(2)
Stephen Mark Rainey
Terminal Intensity	633	(3)
Joel S. Ross
That's Mr. Wiggles!	636	(2)
Dominick Cancilla
That's the One	638	(2)
C. J. Henderson
There It Is Again	640	(2)
Andrew Sands
The Thing in the Dark	642	(3)
Del Stone Jr.
This Is a Test	645	(2)
John C. Bunnell
Three Dark Doors	647	(2)
Richard Gilliam
'Til Death Do Us Part	649	(2)
Michael Mardis
Time	651	(2)
James Robert Smith
Time Capsule	653	(2)
Martin Mundt
Time Flies	655	(2)
Scott M. Brents
The Tooth Fairy	657	(2)
Del Stone Jr.
Trigger Moment	659	(2)
Yvonne Navarro
Tunnel	661	(2)
Anne Bishop
Twelve All Hallows	663	(2)
Lou Kemp
Two Shades, Hearts in Shadow	665	(2)
Michael Scott Bricker
Unfinished Journey	667	(2)
Hugh B. Cave
Until the Next Train	669	(2)
Benjamin Adams
Up Our Block	671	(3)
Benjamin Adams
Upstairs	674	(1)
Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Valley of the Shadow	675	(2)
Francis Amery
Vampire Nation	677	(2)
Thomas M. Sipos
The Vampire's Burden	679	(2)
Tippi N. Blevins
The Vampire's Caravan	681	(2)
Ilona Ouspenskaya
Vengeance Is Me	683	(2)
Tom Piccirilli
Vocabulary	685	(1)
Adam-Troy Castro
Voices in the Dark	686	(2)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Waiting Up for Father	688	(3)
Greg van Eekhout
Wall Art	691	(1)
Shikhar Dixit
Welcome Home	692	(2)
Juleen Brantingham
The Well	694	(2)
Adam-Troy Castro
Western Moves	696	(2)
Michael Scott Bricker
White Beauty	698	(2)
Cynthia Ward
The White Lady of the I-70 Overpass	700	(2)
Linda J. Dunn
...Who Swallowed a Spider	702	(2)
Steve Eller
Why We Fear the Dark	704	(2)
Brian McNaughton
Wild Animals	706	(2)
Phyllis Eisenstein
A Wild Hair	708	(2)
Tim Waggoner
Windshield	710	(1)
Adam-Troy Castro
Winter Solstice	711	(3)
L. S. Silverthorne
Wired for Fear	714	(2)
Lawrence C. Connolly
Without Barbara on New Year's Eve	716	(2)
Tom Piccirilli
Wood Is an Amazing Thing	718	(1)
Mark Hannah
Worms	719	(2)
Paul Smith
Thomas Smith
You Can't Teach an Old Town New Tricks	721	(2)
David Niall Wilson
Your Own Light-Hearted Friend	723	(2)
Stephen Dedman
You're Dead	725	(2)
Dawn Dunn
Acknowledgments	727