false 15497 47580 0061054909 9780061054907 16 <![CDATA[Love in Vein]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347860m/47580.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347860s/47580.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47580.Love_in_Vein 3.41 455 A sexy new repackaging of the extremely popular anthology of vampire erotica, edited by acclaimed author Poppy Z. Brite.

The classic horror tale is about fear. But in the last few years a new literature of the macabre has arisen, one that goes deeper than horror, beyond fear, to explore our darkest, most intimate hungers. The ones even lovers are forbidden to share.

Acclaimed dark fantasy author Poppy Z. Brite has brought together this genre's most powerful and seductive authors in an original collection of vampiric erotica, a shameless celebration of unspeakable intimacies. It is not for everyone.

But neither is the night.

]]> 9558 3.75 8558 699 15497 3.69 1017 85 1994 221946 1558747699 9781558747692 20 <![CDATA[Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul: Stories To Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221946.Chicken_Soup_for_the_Writer_s_Soul_Stories_To_Open_the_Heart_and_Rekindle_the_Spirit_of_Writers 3.96 166 Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul anthologizes 80 stories of heartwarming writerly success. As is the trademark of the Chicken Soup series, these are feel-good stories about unforgettable relatives, encouraging teachers, serendipitous encounters, memorable experiences, positive outlooks, and, yes, seemingly unbearable adversity. But even the most tragic stories here are written to inspire. In fact, the success of many of the contributors seems a direct result of their overwhelming misfortune: Christine Clifford parlayed her battle with breast cancer into a book of cancer-related cartoons (Not Now ... I'm Having a No Hair Day!). After his son, Nicholas, was shot by highway robbers in Italy and Nicholas's organs were donated to seven ailing Italian children, Reg Green chronicled the experience in The Nicholas Effect. More than a decade after a professor squelched her pen by telling her that her writing "stinks," Catherine Lanigan rebounded and went on to write Romancing the Stone). And Barbara Jeanne Fisher managed to write Stolen Moments, a romance, despite having five kids before embarking on a college degree, then being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and lupus.

Consuming the whole tureen's worth at once might be a bit much, but a spoonful here and there will help any struggling writer remember that they are part of a whole community of struggling writers. With contributions from Ernest J. Gaines, Terry McMillan, Sue Grafton, Steve Allen, George Plimpton, and Ray Bradbury. --Jane Steinberg

]]> 35476 4.01 18114 1822 25217 4.00 16982 1656 15497 3.69 1017 85 2000 763498 0451458958 9780451458957 8 <![CDATA[October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178141799m/763498.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178141799s/763498.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/763498.October_Dreams_A_Celebration_of_Halloween 3.90 92 October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween is undoubtedly the grandest horror anthology ever compiled on the genre's signature holiday, and unlikely to be supplanted in that position. Weighing in at almost 650 pages, this intelligently selected compendium contains work from nearly every contemporary bestselling author, cult favorite, and hot up-and-comer in horror. The volume mixes a generous amount of well-written new fiction with classic reprints, several "Favorite Halloween Memories," an informative "Short History of Halloween" by Paula Guran, a well-chosen "Overview of Halloween Films" by Gary A. Braunbeck, and an equally useful "Reader's Guide to Halloween Fiction" by Stefan Dziemianowicz. Many of the authors contribute both a story and a Favorite Memory, and Ray Bradbury, to whom the volume is rightfully dedicated, contributes these and a poem.

No review can do justice to an anthology whose table of contents crowds three pages. But perhaps a taste of three stories will suggest the breadth and depth of the whole. Ray Bradbury's subtle "Heavy Set" considers what it might be like to be the mother of a muscular, disturbed, and exceptionally attached son. In the West Coast gothic "A Redress for Andromeda," Caitlin R. Kiernan presents a beautifully written consideration of the costs of a hidden secret. Artist Gahan Wilson proves himself also talented at fiction with "Yesterday's Witch," in which trick-or-treaters find the neighborhood witch isn't any such thing ... or is she?

October Dreams is highly recommended to all fans of horror and dark fantasy. --Cynthia Ward

]]> 224035 3.74 167 14 1630 3.92 149544 7565 6941 3.84 22307 1197 1135446 3.91 100 10 9355 3.69 195668 13045 15497 3.69 1017 85 2000 492979 031226416X 9780312264161 3 <![CDATA[The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 1999: 13th Annual Collection]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175206556m/492979.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175206556s/492979.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492979.The_Year_s_Best_Fantasy_and_Horror_1999_13th_Annual_Collection 4.02 48 Even more than usual, Ellen Datlow's horror selections introduce a remarkable variety of types of stories. One of the best tales is Molly Brown's "The Psychomantium," about a mirror that allows alternative time lines to intersect, creating double fates for the characters. "The Skull of Charlotte Corday" (photos included) by Leslie Dick takes an essayistic approach to a famous female assassin and some creepy details in the history of sexual surgery. Douglas Clegg's "I Am Infinite, I Contain Multitudes" is a striking body-horror tale that was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. Christopher Harman, P.D. Cacek, Joyce Carol Oates, and Vikram Chandra contribute old-fashioned ghost stories. Gary Braunbeck's "Safe" is reminiscent of the best of Stephen King in its portrayal of realistic horror in a small town. Michael Chabon's "In the Black Mill" more than proves that Lovecraftian horror can transcend shallow pastiche. And other horror notables--such as Michael Cadnum, Christopher Fowler, Caitlín Kiernan, Stephen Laws, Kim Newman, Norman Partridge, and Nicholas Royle--make appearances.

Terri Windling's selections include familiar fantasy names such as Peter Beagle, Charles de Lint, Karen Joy Fowler, and Jane Yolen, and famous genre-crossers such as Ray Bradbury, Howard Waldrop, and Jack Womack. She also provides welcome space for fantasy poetry--charming pieces with images of the Trickster Coyote, Sheela Na Gig, and a mermaid, and titles like "Coffee Jerk at the Gates of Hell." The Pulitzer Prize-winning Steven Millhauser contributes an enchanting tale that originally appeared in the New Yorker. Other tales are inspired by an intriguing range of sources: Gulliver's Travels, Marilyn Monroe, the Scottish legend of the Sineater, the art of glass blowing, Aztec myth, and ancient Jewish lore.

There's no better way to take in the best of these two genres, both for the great selections and the ample pointers to 1997's novels, magazines, art, movies, and comics that you may not have heard about. --Fiona Webster

]]> 46138 3.86 3798 409 46137 3.98 3916 362 15497 3.69 1017 85 2000 1116475 0312275447 9780312275440 2 <![CDATA[The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2000: 14th Annual Collection]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1116475.The_Year_s_Best_Fantasy_and_Horror_2000_14th_Annual_Collection 4.00 46 The stories and poems in this volume are as strong as the title claims; a few are very good, and most are excellent. The contributors include literary greats like John Crowley, Harlan Ellison, and Louise Erdrich; genre giants like Ramsey Campbell, Charles de Lint, and Tanith Lee; acclaimed young-adult authors like Francesca Lia Block and Jane Yolen; excellent foreign authors better known in their native countries, like Australia's Terry Dowling and Bolivia's Claudia Adria'zola; and terrific new talents like Susanna Clarke, Andy Duncan, and Kelly Link.

With a volume this massive, it is difficult to describe all the stories, or even representative examples of the many different subgenres. Here are summaries of two selections from each editor:

In Louise Erdrich's tragicomic tall tale "Le Mooz," a prideful Ojibwa woman wrecks her marriage after a moose hunt goes awry. In Kathe Koja's chilling and startling "At Eventide," a serial killer tracks down the woman artist who escaped him and sent him to prison. "The Man on the Ceiling," a metafiction by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem, is a brilliant, moving, autobiographical exploration of the physical, emotional, and creative lives of two writers. In Susanna Clarke's witty, beautifully written fantasy of manners, "Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower," a poor, handsome young priest learns his new parish overlaps Faerie, discovers a shocking ancestral secret, and makes covert marriage proposals to five beautiful sisters.

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror is a great and generous collection, perfect for most, but not all, horror and/or fantasy fans. It includes both supernatural and nonsupernatural horror, but it doesn't have anything for the "splatterpunk" fan. Also, while the horror selections are drawn from both genre and nongenre publications, most of the fantasy selections are taken from nongenre magazines, anthologies, and other sources. If you want fantasy drawn largely or exclusively from genre sources, and particularly if you want only heroic/adventure/sword-and-sorcery fantasy, then you should skip the entire Year's Best Fantasy and Horror series. Those subgenres make no appearance in this volume, and have never had much of a presence in this series; it's as if only magic realism, fairy tales, and mythic/folkloric fantasy of a rather sensitive, measured, and grown-up sort need apply (even when it's young adult fiction). Also, extreme, graphic horror may be out of fashion, but its raw, adolescent energy will doubtless reappear in future volumes of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror whenever great graphic-horror stories are published. --Cynthia Ward

]]> 46138 3.86 3798 409 46137 3.98 3916 362 15497 3.69 1017 85 2001 416436 0312861540 9780312861544 6 <![CDATA[Lizzie Borden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174549997m/416436.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174549997s/416436.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/416436.Lizzie_Borden 3.45 29 Lizzie Borden is not a true crime book, but rather an exquisitely crafted novel about a bright young woman whose filial love is strained to the limits by poverty and the desire to break free of a stifling family. The central characters, the oppressive summer heat, and the floor plan are drawn from the 1892 Massachusetts case in which Lizzie Borden was tried for the presumed hatchet murders (the weapon was never found) of her father and stepmother, and acquitted of the crime. But the personalities and motivations of the characters are the author's own invention. As she puts it, "My purpose is not to offend; it is to justify." And justify she does--if violence is ever justifiable--as we learn of the peculiar architecture, both physical and psychological, of a family whose every movement seems designed to torment poor Lizzie. This is a grim, alluring, and vividly sexual story. ]]> 15497 3.69 1017 85 1991 293161 0898797985 9780898797985 2 <![CDATA[Writing Horror]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223676076m/293161.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223676076s/293161.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/293161.Writing_Horror 3.72 25 Writing Horror, by the Horror Writers Association, doesn't fall into that trap; the authors of the 39 articles in this anthology assume you can write, and thus they concentrate on getting the most out of working in the horror genre. The result is more like an inspirational guide than a how-to book. Of specific interest is the small section on writing horror comic books, featuring essays on E. C. Comics by Dan Chichester (who has done several Clive Barker adaptations as well as a well-received run on Daredevil), and "Breaking All Codes" by David Quinn (who broke all sorts of taboos in his bloody and sexy Faust). Other authors include Joe R. Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, and the one and only Harlan Ellison.]]> 8996 3.81 102 17 15497 3.69 1017 85 1997 4345878 0061350338 9780061350337 9 <![CDATA[Two of the Deadliest: New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241662450m/4345878.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241662450s/4345878.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4345878.Two_of_the_Deadliest_New_Tales_of_Lust_Greed_and_Murder_from_Outstanding_Women_of_Mystery 3.71 17

A collection of twenty-three indelible stories—all never before published—from today's top female crime writers and some talented newcomers, selected by the New York Times bestselling author

Anger . . . Jealousy . . . Gluttony . . . Sloth . . . Lust . . . Greed . . . Pride.

The seven deadly sins have been the roots of crime throughout human history. In Two of the Deadliest, Elizabeth George has gathered nearly two dozen tales that probe the dark heart of crime in the name of a pair of particularly wicked transgressions: lust and greed.

A young woman mistaken for someone else falls neatly into what appears to be the perfect business opportunity, only to learn that such luxury comes with a price. A mother is driven to depths she never imagined by her less-than-grateful son. And two lovers intent on profiting from an unexpected inheritance discover that the most valuable item is not at all what they thought it was.

In addition to stars including Laura Lippman, Susan Wiggs, Marcia Muller, Carolyn Hart, Nancy Pickard, and Elizabeth George herself, the collection also features new writers from a broad range of backgrounds—journalists, educators, and criminal experts. Together they explore the dark depths women and men will sink to for passion, wealth, and power.

Thrilling and unpredictable, these stories of murder and mayhem are guaranteed to shock and entertain.

]]> 1402383 3.83 18613 1569 15497 3.69 1017 85 833550 3.41 74 14 2009 804791 0425171280 9780425171288 1 <![CDATA[Once Upon A Crime]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635532m/804791.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635532s/804791.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/804791.Once_Upon_A_Crime 3.65 17
Introduction · Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg
After Happily Ever · Gillian Roberts
Clever Hans · Jon L. Breen
Heptagon · Joan Hess
It Happened at Grandmother’s House · Bill Crider
Now Fetch Me an Axe · Simon Clark
Old Sultan · Mat Coward
Harvest Home · Elizabeth Engstrom
Prince Charming · William L. DeAndrea
Rapunzel · Jane Haddam
Resurrection Joe · Gary A. Braunbeck
Rapunzel’s Revenge · Brendan DuBois
Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs · Edward D. Hoch
Swan Song · John Lutz
The Better to Eat You With · John Helfers
Of the Fog · Ed Gorman
The Brave Little Costume Designer · Les Roberts
The Emperor’s New Clothes · Simon Brett
The Musician of Breman, GA · Peter Crowther
Anniversary Ball · Audrey Peterson
Invisible Time · Janet Dawson
Love and Justice · Kristine Kathryn Rusch
"The Twelve Dancing Princesses" Revisited · Anne Wingate
Thousandfurs · Doug Allyn
Gerda’s Sense of Snow · Sharyn McCrumb]]> 4844 3.88 3440 402 26064 3.56 4914 592 253792 3.68 19 2 60647 3.76 674 76 96116 3.56 183 33 2944726 3.71 3751 213 28656 3.55 1914 274 36501 3.63 628 103 193620 3.38 37 10 15497 3.69 1017 85 136695 3.35 65 10 9849 3.64 1139 90 11508 3.65 1361 144 39304 3.72 272 64 50319 3.75 442 61 100512 3.57 862 165 11759 3.58 1154 51 64320 3.58 339 38 51504 3.48 895 113 38592 3.56 487 66 473188 3.15 39 6 215924 3.67 102 13 43989 3.56 2713 288 274272 3.67 70 4 276854 3.51 72 14 317 3.74 6525 566 1998 176144 0451460448 9780451460448 3 <![CDATA[Outsiders: 22 All-New Stories From the Edge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172441140m/176144.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172441140s/176144.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176144.Outsiders_22_All_New_Stories_From_the_Edge 3.56 16
Including never-before published stories by:

Neil Gaiman, Steve Rasnic Tem, Kathe Koja, David J. Schow, Bentley Little, Poppy Z. Brite, Joe R. Lansdale, Jack Ketchum, Melanie Tem, Tanith Lee, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Lea Silhol, Freda Warrington, Elizabeth Massie, Brett Alexander Savory, Katherine Ramsland, Yvonne Navarro, Thomas S. Roche, Michael Marano, John Shirley, Brian Hodge, and Elizabeth Engstrom

...all at their most brilliant and most outrageous.

Here are dangerous games between lovers, howls from the dark, voyeurs and their victims, disturbed wishes and bitter dreams. Unflinching, uncommon, and underground, these tales vibrate with new life.]]> 27206 3.63 7612 846 26935 3.46 1014 135 15497 3.69 1017 85 2005 3533710 1594147051 9781594147050 8 <![CDATA[The Northwoods Chronicles (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3533710.The_Northwoods_Chronicles 3.85 13 15497 3.69 1017 85 2008 868723 0385312490 9780385312493 2 <![CDATA[Lizard Wine]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179045537m/868723.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179045537s/868723.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868723.Lizard_Wine 2.92 12
They had a stripped old Pontiac wagon. They had a dollar-fifty worth of gas, a cold six-pack of beer, and a bottle of gin. One of them had a knife named Gloria, and a bloody secret in his past. Before the night was over the three young men would meet three lost young women, college students on a spree. And in the long night, in the falling snow in a remote corner of the American Northwest, they would share a deathride, each laying bare their innocence and their guilt, each putting their soul up for judgment, each committed to living or dying by the light of day.

Lizard wine is a metaphor for the unpleasant, self-defeating things we sometimes do because we think they offer a way out of life's trap. This intense, violent novel is about three female college students who meet up with three male drifters and their unfolding stories during a long, cold night in Oregon. What's remarkable is that although each character is nailed by circumstance with the bare implications of being either a man or a woman, the predator-prey roles are unpredictable, and for each person, their unique character is the ultimate determinant of their destiny.]]> 15497 3.69 1017 85 1995 111821 076070855X 9780760708552 0 <![CDATA[100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213277282m/111821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213277282s/111821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111821.100_Twisted_Little_Tales_of_Torment 4.00 8 64673 4.00 8 0 15497 3.69 1017 85 1998 192254 1932100938 9781932100938 0 <![CDATA[Investigating CSI: An Unauthorized Look Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York (Smart Pop series)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172576509m/192254.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172576509s/192254.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/192254.Investigating_CSI_An_Unauthorized_Look_Inside_the_Crime_Labs_of_Las_Vegas_Miami_and_New_York 4.83 6 CSI's cutting-edge science, intriguing mysteries, and engaging personal dynamics. Essays from experts in the field illuminate such processes as DNA testing, ballistics, crime-scene photography, and autopsy procedure. With pieces that focus on the leads' varying appeals, the history of forensics on television, the show's treatment of alternate sexualities, and whether the incredible attention to detail actually gives criminals an advantage, this anthology provides an in-depth investigation that enriches the viewing experience.

Contents
CSI: Carefully Scripted Introduction by Donn Cortez
The Reality of CSI: Miami by Detective Christine Kruse-Feldtein
The CSI Effect by Rick Workman
Creating Criminal Masterminds by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
CSI-Generation Juries by Timothy M. Palmbach
Many Faces by Sharon L. Plotkin
The Majesty of Maggots by Elizabeth Engstrom
A Quest for Identity by Doranna Durgin
The Forensics of Fiction by Don DeBrandt
You Care Who Killed Roger Ackroyd by Nick Mamatas
Alimentary, My Death Catherine by Bruce Bethke
CSI: Camera Slams Inside… by Adam Roberts
IQ, EQ, and SQ by Katherine Ramsland
All That Glitters by Janine Hiddlestone
Vegas Rules, Miami Often Stinks, and New York Is (Apparently) Sometimes Mostly Okay by Matthew Woodring Stover
CSI Episode Summaries by Elyse Dickenson]]> 111933 3.99 151 19 2959468 4.83 6 0 2959469 4.83 6 0 43989 3.56 2713 288 2959470 4.83 6 0 2959471 4.83 6 0 15497 3.69 1017 85 127492 3.80 966 66 286017 3.90 450 54 23562 3.84 259 28 23023 3.38 470 112 24645 3.63 1315 94 2959472 4.83 6 0 2904137 3.89 65 6 2959473 4.83 6 0 193861 3.67 178 45 2006 868730 0812517512 9780812517514 0 <![CDATA[Black Ambrosia]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868730.Black_Ambrosia 4.50 6 15497 3.69 1017 85 1988 111822 076070144X 9780760701447 0 <![CDATA[100 Fiendish Little Frightmares]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213277108m/111822.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213277108s/111822.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111822.100_Fiendish_Little_Frightmares 4.40 5
If you think you can handle it, start with these frightful stories about:
* dolls that come to life (Lisa Tuttle's "Dollburger")
* where transplant organs really come from (Michael Marshall Smith's "To Receive Is Better")
* the dangers lurking in an attic (F. Paul Wilson's "Traps")
* the nightmare that isn't only a dream (Tom Ligotti's "The Mystics of Muelenburg")

* 3.47 AM by David Langford
* Angry Man by Darrell Schweitzer
* Another House, Another Home by Bruce Boston
* The Back of the Mirror by Hugh B. Cave
* Blood Ghost by John Helfers
* The Burned House by Vincent O’Sullivan
* The Cage by Ray Russell
* The Case of Lady Sannox by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* The Cat-Woman by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
* The Champion by Richard Laymon
* The Closed Window by A. C. Benson
* The Clown by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
* The Cocomacaque by Carl Jacobi
* Cold Heart by Peter D. Pautz
* The Dancer in the Flames by David Drake
* The Dark Beasts by Frank Belknap Long
* Dark Winner by William F. Nolan
* Daylight Shadows by Arthur J. Burks
* The Devil and Simon Flagg by Arthur Porges
* The Devilet by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
* The Devil’s Debt by James Platt
* The Diary of Mr. Poynter by M. R. James
* Dollburger by Lisa Tuttle
* Down Home by Edward Bryant
* Dwindling by David B. Silva
* Echoes by Lawrence C. Connolly
* The Eerie Mr. Murphy by Howard Wandrei
* An Elegy for Mr. Danielson by August Derleth
* Empty Walls by Elizabeth Engstrom
* An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth by Lawrence Schimel
* The Festival by H. P. Lovecraft
* The Foghorn by Gertrude Atherton
* The Garrison by Donald A. Wollheim
* Gavon’s Eve by E. F. Benson
* The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign by Manly Wade Wellman
* The Gorgon
* Grandma’s Hobby by Elizabeth Engstrom
* Imperfect Strangers by Joel Lane
* In Case of Disaster Only by Henry S. Whitehead
* In the Hour Before Dawn by Brad Stricklandv
* Is This a Horror Story? by Scott Edelman
* The Journal of Edward Hargood by D. N. J.
* Kisses from Auntie by Craig Shaw Gardner
* The Last Drop by Nicholas Royle
* Left Hand Drive by Christopher Fowler
* A Legend of Sonora by Hildegarde Hawthorne
* Lemon Drops by Donald Burleson
* A Man of Discretion (A Tale of Gai Paris) by Richard L. Tierney
* The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity by Fritz Leiber
* The Man with the Roller by E. G. Swain
* A Maniac by Maurice Level
* Midnight House by William Fryer Harvey
* Midnight Promises by Richard T. Chizmar
* Misadventures in the Skin Trade by Don D’Ammassa
* Missed Connection by Ramsey Campbell
* Missing by Poppy Z. Brite
* Mistress Marion’s Light by Gertrude Morton
* Mrs Vail by Kim Newman
* The Mystics of Muelenburg by Thomas Ligotti
* The Night Gil Rhys First Met His Love by Alan Rodgers
* A Night in Possum Holler by Ardath Mayhar
* The Night Is Freezing Fast by Thomas F. Monteleone
* No Need for Words by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
* Oasis by Brian Hodge
* Old Mrs. Cartwright by Basil Copper
* The Overcoat by Steve Rasnic Tem
* Playing for Keeps by Lawrence Watt-Evans
* Proxy by John Metcalfe
* The Rose of Knock by Alan Ryan
* Sandprint by Norman Partridge
* Seasons of Belief by Michael Bishop
* Shaggy House by Joe R. Lansdale
* Silted In by Karl Edward Wagner
* Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly by Dennis Etchison
* Sneakers by Marc Laidlaw
* Someone to Dump On by Terry Lamsley
* Something More by Gordon Van Gelder
* The Spider by Basil Copper
* Still Frame by Jack C. Haldeman, II
* The Stranger by Ambrose Bierce
* A Street Was Chosen by Ramsey Campbell
* Surrogate by Janet Fox
* They’re Coming for You by Les Daniels
* Thirst by Bill Pronzini
* To Receive Is Better by Michael Marshall Smith
* Tomorrow Is Forever by Hugh B. Cave
* Traps by F. Paul Wilson
* The Traveller by R. H. Benson
* The Tuckahoe by Nancy Etchemendy
* Uneasy Lie the Drowned by Donald Wandrei
* The Village Bully by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
* The Visit by William F. Nolan
* A Week in the Unlife by David J. Schow
* When the Door Is Shut by D. N. J.
* Where Does Watson Road Go? by William Relling, Jr.
* Where Flies Are Born by Douglas Clegg
* Who Walks at Night by John Maclay
* The Winter Ghosts by Tanith Lee
* Wish Hound by Pat Murphy
* The Wrong Way by Chet Williamson
]]> 26064 3.56 4914 592 15497 3.69 1017 85 1997 377277 0812550021 9780812550023 0 <![CDATA[Worlds of Fear: Foundations of Fear, Volume II]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174296025m/377277.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174296025s/377277.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/377277.Worlds_of_Fear_Foundations_of_Fear_Volume_II 4.20 5 13390 3.91 615 148 15497 3.69 1017 85 1994 1187695 0967191203 9780967191201 0 <![CDATA[Bedtime Stories to Darken Your Dreams]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181750377m/1187695.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181750377s/1187695.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187695.Bedtime_Stories_to_Darken_Your_Dreams 3.80 5 Bedtime Stories to Darken Your Dreams features Ray Vukcevich's creepy and funny "We Retire to the Desert," Jerry Oltion's disquieting "Winners," tabloid horror poems by Michael Arnzen, and stories by talented newcomers.

Contents
Introduction · Bruce Holland Rogers
We Retire to the Desert · Ray Vukcevich
The Goblin King · Bruce Holland Rogers
The Fisherman · Elizabeth Engstrom
The Lonely Gorilla · Melanie Tem
My Mustache · Ray Vukcevich
The Mouse’s Bedtime Story · Steve Rasnic Tem
Kids Watch in Horror as Clown Chokes To Death on Balloon · Michael Arnzen
Designated Hater · Leslie What
Ceremony · Ray Vukcevich
Winners · Jerry Oltion
The Dead Boy at Your Window · Bruce Holland Rogers
Sweet Kitty · Elizabeth Massie
King for a Day · Leslie What
Mousenight · Jill Bauman & Alan M. Clark
Wasp Sting Makes Barber Slash Man’s Throat · Michael Arnzen
The Still-Life Drama of Passing Cars · Gary A. Braunbeck & Lucy A. Snyder
Vargas County · Elizabeth Engstrom
The Apple Golem · Bruce Holland Rogers
The Miracle · John Davis
There’s No Such Thing as Monsters · Steve Rasnic Tem
Mouths To Feed · Rusty Nixon
The Perfect Gift · Ray Vukcevich
-Souls · Jane Yolen]]> 12583 3.56 233 29 207866 4.32 68 8 466971 4.02 63 14 15497 3.69 1017 85 207823 3.54 269 44 490342 3.74 496 57 61513 4.25 64 11 902641 3.30 96 13 12580 3.55 199 22 90413 3.70 228 25 2129294 4.00 8 0 11508 3.65 1361 144 2943209 4.00 6 0 20342 4.11 119 19 2958020 3.80 5 0 5989 3.89 18235 2303 1999 868727 0688041752 9780688041755 0 <![CDATA[When Darkness Loves Us]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868727.When_Darkness_Loves_Us 4.50 4 15497 3.69 1017 85 1985 3119386 0966818482 9780966818482 1 <![CDATA[Imagination Fully Dilated: Science Fiction]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3119386.Imagination_Fully_Dilated_Science_Fiction 4.50 4 207866 4.32 68 8 15497 3.69 1017 85 2003 6341139 0967191211 0 <![CDATA[Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume II]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237225830m/6341139.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237225830s/6341139.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6341139-imagination-fully-dilated-volume-ii 5.00 3 15497 3.69 1017 85 207866 4.32 68 8 2000 6340901 1881475352 0 <![CDATA[Imagination Fully Dilated]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237219115m/6340901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237219115s/6340901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6340901-imagination-fully-dilated 5.00 3 Imagination Fully Dilated is a limited edition hard cover, signed and numbered (limitation 600 copies) anthology of stories based on the art of Alan M. Clark. Considered both an illustrated anthology and a literated portfolio, this 527 page book is full of the strange and wonderful, including 28 stories in the realms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror as well as plenty of full-color plates of surreal artwork tipped in—30 pieces of art (24 color, 6 monochrome)—and page decorations. It is signed by all contributors: Michael A. Arnzen, Gary A. Braunbeck, Poppy Z. Brite, Denise Bruchman, Ramsey Campbell, Edward Lee, John Pelan, Alan M. Clark, David Conover, Steve Rasnic Tem, Lucy Taylor, Elizabeth Engstrom, Randy Fox, Melanie Tem, Jack Ketchum, Peter Crowther, John Davis, Yvonne Navarro, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Norman Partridge, Robert Devereaux, Peteso, Elizabeth Massie, Thomas F. Monteleone, Stephen C. Merritt, Steven Spruill, Richard Chizmar, Douglas Clegg, Ray Vukcevich, Nancy Holder, F. Paul Wilson. Introduction by Tim Powers.]]> 207866 4.32 68 8 15497 3.69 1017 85 1998 403502 158767128X 9781587671289 1 <![CDATA[Poe's Lighthouse]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/403502.Poe_s_Lighthouse 4.67 3 Impossible, you say?

Not at all. Admittedly, Mr. Poe is in no condition to be writing much these days—which is why in this anthology he's getting a little help from his friends. Friends like Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Carole Nelson Douglas. John Shirley. Mike Resnick. Some two dozen in all.

These writers were given a task: to take a little-known, unfinished story fragment which Poe wrote near the end of his life and turn it into a complete story—in any way they wished. The only rule was that they use Poe's language, his images, his ideas—that they truly work together with the master.

Today's best authors. Joining forces with Edgar Allan Poe himself.

Posthumous collaborations for the ages—collected here in this extraordinary anthology.

Since the Poe fragment's original publication some sixty years ago, a few authors have attempted to complete it—but this collection marks the first sustained gathering of talent to work on the piece. Editor Christopher Conlon provides an Introduction which explains the background of Poe's unfinished tale and includes its original, unaltered text, while the completed stories reflect the amazing variety of the writers themselves—from lighthearted fantasy to gothic horror, from romantic adventure to hard-edged science fiction.

This book, then, is a celebration of the art of storytelling—hosted by two dozen dazzling talents, with Mr. Edgar Allan Poe as Guest of Honor.

Care to join the party?

The lamp is lit. The door is open. Step in…

Welcome to Poe's Lighthouse.

]]> 5756 4.10 46559 1886 146521 3.54 283 75 169385 4.08 12 4 15497 3.69 1017 85 2006 357267 0312856741 9780312856748 0 <![CDATA[In the Fog: The Final Chronicle of Greystone Bay]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231905884m/357267.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1231905884s/357267.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/357267.In_the_Fog_The_Final_Chronicle_of_Greystone_Bay 3.25 4 717781 3.47 956 82 15497 3.69 1017 85 1993 2389251 1881475026 9781881475026 0 <![CDATA[The Definitive Best of the Horror Show]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2389251.The_Definitive_Best_of_the_Horror_Show 4.00 3 142679 3.70 23 1 15497 3.69 1017 85 1992 868725 0966627253 9780966627251 0 <![CDATA[Dead on Demand : The Best of Ghost Story Weekend]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179045538m/868725.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179045538s/868725.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868725.Dead_on_Demand_The_Best_of_Ghost_Story_Weekend 3.67 3 In this anthology of twenty stories, you will read what scares these writers. There is something in these pages for everybody, from the retooled urban legend to the sweetly sentimental to the horrific. We have haunted castles, haunted mirrors, haunted boathouses, haunted houses, haunted train tracks, haunted woods, and to be sure, haunted graveyards.

So light a candle, cozy down and get ready to explore the depths of your own ideas of death, and beyond.

]]> 15497 3.69 1017 85 2001 3362093 1900761033 0 <![CDATA[The UFO Files]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1243460923m/3362093.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1243460923s/3362093.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3362093.The_UFO_Files 5.00 1 The UFO Files.

• In the tradition of the hit television series "The X-Files"
• Includes stories by such top writers as Gregory Benford, Ed Gorman, Peter Crowther, Alan Dean Foster, Kristine Rusch, and David Bischoff
• Alien contact has long been among the most popular themes in science fiction
• Public interest in alien contact has never been greater
• Co-editor Martin H. Greenberg is the leading anthologist in the genre, and is credited with over 600 top-selling collections
• Co-editor Ed Gorman has written several national bestsellers in a variety of genres, from mainstream thrillers to riveting horror novels

Ordinary aliens by Gregory Benford
Observer by Robert Charles Wilson
Diplomatic exchange by Will Murray
Secret service by Edward Lee
Survivals by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Emma Baxter's boy by Ed Gorman
Chasing the mist by Tracy Knight
Amid the walking wounded by Dallas Mayn
Outside looking in by John Helfers
End of winter by Russell Davis (as by R. Davis)
Heirloom by Jim Combs
Bug-eyed methodists by Bob Morrish
Some burial place, vast and dry by Peter Crowther
Daddy dearest by Jack Cady
Renewing the option by Elizabeth Engstrom
One that got away by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Man with X-ray eyes by Richard T. Chizmar
Closed: Due to curiosity by Robert Randisi and Marthayn Pelegrimas
Here's looking at UFO, kid by Lawrence Schimel and Mark A. Garland
Love lies bleedin by Billie Sue Mosiman
Scientific romance by Kevin J. Anderson
S-files by David Bischoff
Kindness of strangers by Alan Dean Foster]]> 4844 3.88 3440 402 491483 3.62 65 2 157655 3.79 2682 109 58997 3.60 1458 182 12991 3.84 3328 445 1032638 3.74 31 8 2929078 5.00 2 0 78919 5.00 2 0 199795 3.44 181 14 2929079 5.00 2 0 4845 3.53 30954 1711 11759 3.58 1154 51 2929080 5.00 2 0 11270 3.41 554 43 38592 3.56 487 66 227085 3.78 59 8 11735 3.57 13469 726 26064 3.56 4914 592 15497 3.69 1017 85 43989 3.56 2713 288 22645 3.57 2498 180 27276 3.73 3092 542 234652 3.87 70 5 350112 3.63 139 12 5092 3.54 329 47 11760 3.32 200 33 2943193 5.00 1 0 1996 868729 0312854048 9780312854041 0 <![CDATA[Nightmare Flower]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868729.Nightmare_Flower 4.50 2 Project Stone. ]]> 15497 3.69 1017 85 1992 1187224 0679879390 9780679879398 1 <![CDATA[Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181747255m/1187224.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181747255s/1187224.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1187224.Great_Writers_Kids_Write_Mystery_Stories 4.00 2 2749 3.58 6523 576 317 3.74 6525 566 129033 3.75 3222 399 15497 3.69 1017 85 1997 6626731 0 <![CDATA[Candyland]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6626731-candyland 5.00 1 15497 3.69 1017 85 2008 3011563 0966627296 9780966627299 0 <![CDATA[Suspicions]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3011563.Suspicions 5.00 1 You'll find mystery, horror, erotica, science fiction, fantasy and humor, side by side with moving human drama and cautionary, moral tales. In this volume, you'll view the world through her dark and edgy lens, distorting your vision and ever so gently nicking your heart.

These stories are not for the faint of heart, the squeamish, or the prudish. Engstrom reaches deep, and pulls forth some harsh realities. If you want light entertainment, you'll find some of that here. But for the most part, sit back and get ready for a ride that will take you to places within yourself that you never knew existed.

]]> 15497 3.69 1017 85 2002 868722 0966627261 9780966627268 0 <![CDATA[Word by Word: An Inspirational Look at the Craft of Writing]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179045535m/868722.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179045535s/868722.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868722.Word_by_Word_An_Inspirational_Look_at_the_Craft_of_Writing 5.00 1 Word by Word presents the written version of 36 Maui Conference talks, by such disparate authors as Ridley Pearson, Nicholas Sparks, Mitch Albom, Jackie Collins, and "autobiographer" Eric Marcus (Breaking the Surface). Some of these lectures are considered and well-formed; others have an off-the-cuff feel. The mishmash is somewhat jarring, but there are plenty of choice cuts in the mix. Between the same two covers you can read Tony Hillerman comparing writers to bag ladies--"going around picking up stuff, you never know, you don't need it today but maybe tomorrow"--and Richard Paul Evans (The Christmas Box) likening self-publishing to competing in the Olympics without a country.

The most consistently strong part of the book is the screenwriting section. In it, Mike Scully talks about "honest" jokes and writing for The Simpsons. Ron Howard describes how writing for the screen, more than any other type of writing, is "an ongoing process of fielding input, fielding ideas." Ron Bass (My Best Friend's Wedding) claims that, for a writer, "insecurity is necessary." Barry Kemp (Newhart) describes how he "casts" a room of writers. And James Orr (Three Men and a Baby) offers countless insider tips on getting a spec script looked at. Ignore his advice and your script may end up in a very soggy circular file. "People think pools are for swimming," he says, but "they're where you throw the scripts. One of the secrets of southern California." --Jane Steinberg

]]> 448298 3.90 10 1 15497 3.69 1017 85 2000 494433 0971663882 9780971663886 1 <![CDATA[Ghosts at the Coast]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175215421m/494433.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175215421s/494433.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/494433.Ghosts_at_the_Coast 5.00 1 275816 5.00 1 1 15497 3.69 1017 85 2005 5230444 1929611048 9781929611041 0 <![CDATA[The Best of Palace Corbie]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5230444.The_Best_of_Palace_Corbie 5.00 1 2188296 5.00 1 0 1088693 5.00 1 0 15497 3.69 1017 85 1999 3383737 0897894456 9780897894456 0 <![CDATA[Our Mothers, Our Selves: Writers and Poets Celebrating Motherhood]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3383737.Our_Mothers_Our_Selves_Writers_and_Poets_Celebrating_Motherhood 4.00 1 1426685 4.00 1 0 15497 3.69 1017 85 1996 1633100 0877852367 9780877852360 0 <![CDATA[Embracing Relationships: Hook Ups, Earthly and Heavenly]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186135067m/1633100.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186135067s/1633100.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633100.Embracing_Relationships_Hook_Ups_Earthly_and_Heavenly 4.00 1 144803 4.00 1 0 15497 3.69 1017 85 2005 4867322 0971663815 9780971663817 0 <![CDATA[Pronto! Writings from Rome]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4867322.Pronto_Writings_from_Rome 4.00 1 448298 3.90 10 1 15497 3.69 1017 85 2002 868728 0966627229 9780966627220 0 <![CDATA[The Alchemy of Love]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868728.The_Alchemy_of_Love 0.0 0 15497 3.69 1017 85 1998 868724 0971663858 9780971663855 0 <![CDATA[Black Leather]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179045537m/868724.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179045537s/868724.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868724.Black_Leather 0.0 0 15497 3.69 1017 85 2003 6889912 9780982159668 0 <![CDATA[When Darkness Loves Us]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255645351m/6889912.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255645351s/6889912.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6889912-when-darkness-loves-us 0.0 0
Old Martha Mannes has been a part of Morgan, Illinois since her birth. The whole town knows her as the dim-witted woman who was born without a nose, but Martha’s mind wasn’t always a blank slate. Unlocking the monster buried deep in her memories may bring back the sparkling child she once was…or it may send those around her crashing down into the nightmares of a little girl gone wrong.

A reprinting of Elizabeth Engstrom’s first book, this two-novella collection twists together the beauty and horror underlying the seeming simplicity of small town life.]]> 15497 3.69 1017 85 2009