"An excellent collection" of vampire stories, from authors such as Harlan Ellison, Dan Simmons, Gahan Wilson, and Tanith Lee ( Publishers Weekly ).Renowned editor Ellen Datlow has gathered seventeen variations on vampirism ranging from classically Gothic to postmodern satire, from horrific to erotic. These stories reflect the evolution of vampire literature from Bram Stoker to Anne Rice and beyond, resulting in a deeper ex...

AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey CampbellCATEGORY HorrorPUBLICATION DATE September 2014COVER ILLUSTRATION Lee EliasCOVER DESIGN Smith & JonesA 25th Anniversary edition of the longest running anthology series of the very best in horror fiction.Introduction: Horror in 1989 — The EditorsPin — Robert R. McCammonThe House on Cemetery Street — Cherry WilderThe Horn — Stephen GallagherBreaking Up — Alex Quiro...

41 writers. One cause.We've rallied a platoon of crime, western, thriller, fantasy, noir, horror and transgressive authors to support PROTECT's important work: lobbying for legislation that protects children from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.Powerful stories from George Pelecanos, Andrew Vachss, Joe R. Lansdale, Charles de Lint, Ken Bruen, Chet Williamson, James Reasoner, Charlie Stella, Michael A. Black, Wayne Dundee, Roxane Gay, Ray Banks, Tony Black, Les Edgerton ...

"A twisty-turny terror tale that will keep you turning pages into the wee hours." ―F. Paul Wilson, New York Times– bestselling authorThe original Psycho novel by Robert Bloch was published in 1959 and became an instant hit, leading to the smash Alfred Hitchcock movie only a year later, which brought Norman Bates's terrifying story into the public consciousness, where it still remains (proven by the success of the...

This retelling of the Christmas classic by Clement C. Moore blends Santa Claus with the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch figure of the Belsnickel, a thin, cantankerous old man who visits children before Christmas and rewards, or punishes, them based on their behavior. The fun begins Christmas Eve when the Belsnickel arrives on an old-fashioned plow pulled by cows and steers. Havoc and humor erupt when the Yuletide load proves a little too heavy for the farmer's roof! The distinctive Pennsylv...

Seven year old Jackson receives a holiday gift of a harmonica from his Uncle Tee, a "magic man of music" who is himself a harmonica professional. Uncle Tee takes Jackson on an instructional tour of the amazing variety of sounds, emotions, and mental images that can be created through dedicated practice and performance on this simple wind instrument Colorful graphics convey the excitement of playing a musical instrument. The reader learns the basics of harmonica technique and musical expres...

Tired of the political machinations of his egotistical fellow wizards, Benelaius retires from the College of War Wizards to take up residency in Cormyr, where he lives peacefully until he and his legman, Jasper, are forced to investigate the murder of a messenger from King Azoun.

Jesse Gordon, driven to a shocking murder by the killing of his wife and infant daughter, condemns himself to life underground in the New York City subway system. Abandoning the light of day, he finds an evil as old as time, and a redemption which must be bought by a price far greater than death…

The Story of Noichi the Blind blends Japanese classicism with the tropes of contemporary horror to create the most literate yet stomach-churning tale this writer has ever told.Purported to be a possibly lost Lafcadio Hearn manuscript, this Japanese "folk tale" (complete with introduction and scholarly afterword) tells the story of a simple woodcutter whose confrontation with a mountain demon plunges his life into a nightmare of violence, self-delusion, and extreme sexual d...

The Story of Noichi the Blind blends Japanese classicism with the tropes of contemporary horror to create the most literate yet stomach-churning tale this writer has ever told.Purported to be a possibly lost Lafcadio Hearn manuscript, this Japanese "folk tale" (complete with introduction and scholarly afterword) tells the story of a simple woodcutter whose confrontation with a mountain demon plunges his life into a nightmare of violence, self-delusion, and extreme sexual d...

At first glance, Dreamthorp seems as named -- a charming Pennsylvania Chautauqua town set deep in the woods. A perfect haven from the pressures of urban life. But before long this "village of dreams" is enmeshed in a nightmare, a dark dream of cruel torture and savage death.Is the cause magic, centuries old? Or is it a new and unexpected magic born of random violence and mindless brutality?Among those searching for the answer are:Tom Brewer, a recent widower whose a...

A Step Across the sea......is what Susanna Cassidy takes when she travels from America to Ireland's County Galway to keep a date made 31 years before between her late sister Julia and Michael Lynch, the Irishman she loved for a few passionate weeks in 1972.Susanna has promised her dying sister to meet Michael at the time and place ordained decades before. But when she does, he mistakes her for Julia, and Susanna is too overwhelmed by conflicting emotions to tell him the tru...