999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense

✍ Scribed by Al Sarrantonio

• Book ID: 111948503
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 621 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780062046321

✦ Synopsis

A ward-winning writer and editor Al Sarrantonio gathers together twenty-nine original stories from masters of the macabre. From dark fantasy and pure suspense to classic horror tales of vampires and zombies, 999 showcases the extraordinary scope of fantastical fright fiction. The stories in this anthology are a relentless tour de force of fear, which will haunt you, terrify you, and keep the adrenaline rushing all through the night.

Contents:

Introduction

AMERIKANSKI DEAD AT THE MOSCOW MORGUE Kim Newman

THE RUINS OF CONTRACOEUR Joyce Carol Oates

THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT Thomas M. Disch

THE ROAD VIRUS HEADS NORTH Stephen King

KEEPSAKES AND TREASURES: A LOVE STORY Neil Gaiman

GROWING THINGS T. E. D. Klein

GOOD FRIDAY F. Paul Wilson

EXCERPTS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE NEW ZODIAC AND THE DIARIES OF HENRY WATSON FAIRFAX Chet Williamson

AN EXALTATION OF TERMAGANTS Eric Van Lustbader

ITINERARY Tim Powers

CATFISH GAL BLUES Nancy A. Collins

THE ENTERTAINMENT Ramsey Campbell

ICU P. D. Cacek

THE GRAVE

THE SHADOW, THE DARKNESS Thomas Ligotti

KNOCKING Rick Hautala

RIO GRANDE GOTHIC David Morrell

DES SAUCISSES, SANS DOUTE Peter Schneider

ANGIE Ed Gorman

THE ROPY THING

THE TREE IS MY HAT Gene Wolfe

STYX AND BONES Edward Bryant

HEMOPHAGE Steven Spruill

THE BOOK OF IRRATIONAL NUMBERS Michael Marshall Smith

MAD DOG SUMMER Joe R. Lansdale

THE THEATER Bentley Little

REHEARSALS Thomas F. Monteleone

DARKNESS Dennis L McKieman

ELSEWHERE William Peter Blatty

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE - DÉJÀ VU

Epilogue: 1997