Don't turn out the lights . . . but open the cover, if you dare, and reveal the chilling delights
that await you within the pages of A Book of Horrors. Stephen Jones, Britain's acclaimed horror editor,
has gathered together masters of the macabre from across the world in this cornucopia of classic chills and
modern menaces. Within these pages you will discover the most successful and exciting writers of horror
and dark fantasy today, with a spine-chilling selection of stories displaying the full diversity of the
genre, from classic pulp style to more contemporary psychological tales, to cutting-edge terror fiction
that will leave you uneasily looking over your shoulder, or in the wardrobe, or under the
bed . . . A Book of Horrors: an original anthology of all-new horror and dark fantasy fiction,
in all its many and magnificent guises, by those devoted to the Dark Side.
| INTRODUCTION: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HORROR? |
Stephen Jones |
| THE LITTLE GREEN GOD OF AGONY |
Stephen King |
| CHARCLOTH, FIRESTEEL AND FLINT |
Caitlín R. Kiernan |
| GHOSTS WITH TEETH |
Peter Crowther |
| THE COFFIN-MAKER'S DAUGHTER |
Angela Slatter |
| ROOTS AND ALL |
Brian Hodge |
| TELL ME I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN |
Dennis Etchison |
| THE MUSIC OF BENGT KARLSSON, MURDERER |
John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| GETTING IT WRONG |
Ramsey Campbell |
| ALICE THROUGH THE PLASTIC SHEET |
Robert Shearman |
| THE MAN IN THE DITCH |
Lisa Tuttle |
| A CHILD'S PROBLEM |
Reggie Oliver |
| SAD, DARK THING |
Michael Marshall Smith |
| NEAR ZENNOR |
Elizabeth Hand |
| LAST WORDS |
Richard Christian Matheson |
Reviews
"A Book of Horrors demonstrates a bravura and confidence that, sadly, many publishers and editors lack these days . . . a tremendous collection of stories."
—Michael Kelly
SHADOWS & TALL TREES, Issue 3, Spring 2012
"Excellent"
—TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, December 9, 2011
"A quality primer for initiates to the genre."
—Danielle Goldstein
TIME OUT, October 27-November 2, 2011
"Stephen Jones remains at the top of the tree as one of the world's premiere anthologists of stories designed to chill the blood."
—Barry Forshaw
CRIME TIME, October 20, 2011
"All in all, A Book of Horrors is a splendid collection that showcases everything that's best about both the short story and the horror anthology."
—Jess Bickham
SFX MAGAZINE No.215, December 2011
"Most of the stories in A Book of Horrors would be standouts if they were scattered across lesser anthologies. Together, they show those who might have been inclined to doubt that, whatever its market share, horror fiction is as robust and vibrant now as at any point in its long history."
—Brendan Moody
THE STARS AT NOONDAY: THOUGHTS ON WEIRD, STRANGE, AND SUPERNATURAL FICTION, October 17, 2011
"An outstanding collection . . . Stephen Jones has put horror back on the bookshelves in fine style, buy this book and make sure it stays there."
—Colin Leslie
THE BLACK ABYSS: HORROR AND DARK FICTION BOOK REVIEWS, October 15, 2011
Here is a
link to read interviews with many of the contributors.
Photo © 2011 Maura McHugh
Stephen Jones, Ramsey Campbell, Reggie Oliver, Robert Shearman, Les Edwards, Peter Crowther and John Ajvide Lindqvist signing A Book of Horrors at London's Forbidden Planet, October 3rd, 2011.
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