| Description |
xv, 489 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents |
Introduction : horror in 1998 / the editor -- Learning to let go / Christopher Fowler -- Wedding present / Neil Gaiman -- Adventures in further education / Peter Atkins -- Bondage / Kathe Koja -- Keys to D'Esperance / Chaz Brenchley -- Song my sister sang / Stephen Laws -- Victorian ghost story / Kim Newman -- Dead boy at your window / Bruce Holland Rogers -- Ra*e / Ramsey Campbell -- Upstairs / Lawrence Watt-Evans -- Postcards from the King of Tides / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- Everybody goes / Michael Marshall Smith -- Yellow and red / Tanith Lee -- What slips away / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Inside the cackle factory / Dennis Etchison -- Specialist's hat / Kelly Link -- Boss in the wall : a treatise on the house devil / Avram Davidson, Grania Davis -- Objects of desire in the mirror are closer than they appear / Harlan Ellison -- Mr Clubb and Mr Cuff / Peter Straub -- Necrology : 1998 / Stephen Jones, Kim Newman. |
| Summary |
An anthology of horror and dark fantasy, featuring an essay by the editor who discusses the decline of the genre. The stories range from Peter Straub's Mr. Chubb and Mr. Cuff, a tale of revenge, to Dennis Etchinson's Inside the Cackle Factory, set in Hollywood. |
| Subject |
Horror tales, American.
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Horror tales, English.
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| Added Author |
Jones, Stephen, 1953-
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| Added Title |
Best new horror |
| ISBN |
0786706902 |
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9780786706907 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000021422671 |
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