false 479090 122518 0671885987 9780671885984 3 <![CDATA[Robert Bloch's Psychos]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223645169m/122518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223645169s/122518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122518.Robert_Bloch_s_Psychos 3.43 35 Psycho) was a master of macabre humor: he was fond of clever, grisly one-liners, often used as twist endings. He also liked to write about psychotic and psychopathic killers. This solid anthology, put out by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and completed after Bloch's death, honors his legacy with 22 tales about murderers and crazies of various stripes. A good many of the stories, most memorably Esther Friesner's "Lonelyhearts," have Blochian twists at the end. The weakest of the bunch have no other flaw than predictability, and the strongest, such as Ed Gorman's powerful "Out There in the Darkness" are classics of traditional storytelling. You'll find excellent stories here by Denise M. Bruchman, Del Stone Jr., Edo van Belkom, Gary A. Braunbeck, and others. Stephen King contributes a little gem of a tale in which the narrator finds himself in an autopsy room: "It fits. It fits everything with a horrid prophylactic snugness. The dark. The rubbery smell.... Dear God, I'm in a body bag."

Note: the two previous HWA anthologies are Under the Fang, edited by Robert R. McCammon, and Peter Straub's Ghosts, edited by Peter Straub. --Fiona Webster
Contents:
Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King
Haunted by Charles Grant
Out There in the Darkness by Ed Gorman
Please Help Me by Richard Christian Matheson
The Lesser of Two Evils by Denise M. Bruchman
Point of Intersection by Dominick Cancilla
Doctor, Lawyer, Kansas City Chief by Brent Monahan
Grandpa's Head by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Lonelyhearts by Esther M. Friesner
Lighting the Corpses by Del Stone Jr.
Echoes by Cindie Geddes
Lifeline by Yvonne Navarro
Blameless by David Niall Wilson
Deep Down There by Clark Perry
Knacker Man by Richard Parks
So You Wanna Be a Hitman by Gary Jonas
The Rug by Edo van Belkom
Interview with a Psycho by Billie Sue Mosiman
Icewall by William D. Gagliani
A Southern Night by Jane Yolen
The Forgiven by Stephen M. Rainey
Safe by Gary A. Braunbeck

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Contents
Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz
The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires · Darrell Schweitzer
A.k.a. Pookums · Martha Bayless
Ali’s Cat · Diane Arrelle
All for One and One for All · Steve Lockley
All in a Golden Afternoon · Marilyn Mattie Brahen
Allergic Reaction · Larry Segriff
Archimedes and the Doughnuts · Gene DeWeese & Barbara Paul
Assault of the Yow-Ling Jewels · Viki S. Rollins
Aunt Edna’s Cats · Del Stone Jr.
The Bed and Breakfast Burglar · Jill Giencke
Beware of Cat · Kurtis Roth
The Biggest Crime · John Beyer & Kathryn Burdette
The Boys · Kathryn Ptacek
A Breath of Subtle Air · Tracy Knight
Burning Bright · Carole McIntyre
The Canary and the Cat · Brian Plante
The Case of the Incompetent Police Dog
The Case of the Unlikely Cat Tale [Lady Sara Varnley] · Lloyd Biggle Jr.
Cat Among the Pigeons · Connie Wilkins
Cat and Mouse · K.D. Wentworth
The Cat and the Petticoat · Rebecca Lickiss
Cat Bay on Cat Cay · Bill Pronzini
Cat Burglar · Jill Morgan
Cat Burglar · Kathryn Ptacek
The Cat Who Knew Too Much · Dorothy Cannell
A Cat with a Gat · Tina L. Jens
Cat’s-Eye Witness · Max Allan Collins
The Cat’s Jewels · T.M. Bradshaw
The Catawampus Caper · Will Murray
Catnip · Ron Goulart
Catnip · Jane Yolen & Heidi E.Y. Stemple
The Chocolate Cat · Kristin Schwengel
The Church Cat · Martha Johnson
Close, But No Cigar · Barbara Paul
Club Macavity · David Bischoff
Copycat Killer · Beverly T. Haaf
Cricket Longwhiskers · Caroline Rhodes
Curse of the Cat People · Ron Goulart
The Day Frank Hollings Died · Jo-Ann Lamon Reccoppa
Deputy Cat · Jerri M. Oakes
A Drop o’ the Pure · Paul Duncan
The Duel · J.A. Jance
Eight [Rick Winslow] · Kurtis Roth
Evinrude · David Owens
Eyes Wide Open · M. Christian
Five Starving Cats and a Dead Dog · Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Fix · Michael Grisi
Freedom of the Press [Cat Marsala] · Barbara D’Amato
Fur Bearing · Brett Hudgins
A Game of Cats and Queens · Pat MacEwen
Guardian of Souls · Janet Pack
Habit · Carole McIntyre
The Happy Homewrecker · Leslie What
A Harmless, Necessary Cat · Nancy Jane Moore
Heidi’s Bird Wings · Jennifer Evans
Here Today, Dead to Maui · Catherine Dain
How Things Get Done in the French Quarter
I Suppose This Makes Me Sancho · Gary A. Braunbeck
The Jazzcat of Division Street · Wayne Allen Sallee
Jeepers · Adele Polomski
Joey · Hugh B. Cave
Just a Little Catnip · Kimberly R. Brown
Kit for Cat · Julie Kistler
Lady Windermere’s Flan · Elizabeth Foxwell
Land Rush · Jody Lynn Nye
Letters to the Editor · Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Lin Jee · Mary A. Turzillo
Living the Lie · Marc Bilgrey
The Magician’s Palace · Edward D. Hoch
Man’s Best Friend · Nancy Jane Moore
Miss Daisy and the Rosary Pea · Sidney Williams
Mrs. Milligan’s Cat · Gary Lovisi
My Career as a Cat Burglar · Ron Goulart
Nothing Newsworthy · Jean Rabe
One Tiny Slip · Judith L. Post
Paw-trait of a Murderer · John Helfers
Powder Puff · Gail Torgerson
Pretty Kitty · Joyce Holland
The Queen’s Jewels · Jayge Carr
Rachel and the Bookstore Cat [Rachel Hennings] · Jon L. Breen
Rags the Mighty · Will Murray
Rasputin’s Hoard · Joe Murphy
Rat · Trey R. Barker
Revealing Russian Blue, or The Flaming Switcheroo
Roscoe’s Little Secret · Kris Neri
Sam Spayed and the Case of the Purloined Pussycat · Shikhar Dixit
Scanning for Dollars · Lisa Lepovetsky
Scratch Ticket · Christina Briley
Shiny · Joe Murphy
Six-Toed Ollie · Michael A. Black
Slightly Guilty · Morris Hershman
Stalker Goes A-Viking · Jordan Stoen
Swirls of Midnight · Judith Post
Tea and ’Biscuit [Jerry Brogan] · Jon L. Breen
Tombs · John R. Platt
Under the Circumstances · Mat Coward
Watch-Cat · Ardath Mayhar
The Web Designer’s Assistant · Robin Reed
What a Cat Has to Do · William F. Nolan
Where the Cat Came In · Mat Coward]]> 59151 3.68 266 42 2844604 3.64 655 82 26064 3.56 4946 596 12728 3.66 170 24 1333698 4.00 3 2 2945230 4.50 2 1 1266178 3.57 21 1 1783750 4.50 2 1 11755 3.64 335 32 77415 3.25 485 32 43904 3.45 233 31 2945590 4.50 2 1 479090 3.61 51 10 1810417 3.67 3 2 2945591 4.50 2 1 299599 4.00 4 1 2945593 4.50 2 1 1360841 3.86 36 7 1032638 3.78 32 8 2945594 4.50 2 1 983676 4.80 10 4 1477076 3.62 134 24 1126595 3.37 27 3 32296 3.78 562 43 402804 3.34 169 29 22880 3.57 1036 188 11591 4.80 5 1 117606 3.61 1769 221 269424 3.88 41 7 12014 3.66 3568 463 2816638 4.50 2 1 350112 3.62 140 12 43248 3.46 400 87 5989 3.89 18333 2312 2313111 3.76 54 15 2945596 4.50 2 1 2945597 4.50 2 1 2945598 4.50 2 1 2945599 4.50 2 1 9427 3.86 161 14 15502 3.86 13497 1048 334870 4.50 24 8 72279 3.28 81 23 43989 3.57 2897 293 2945600 4.50 2 1 2945602 4.50 2 1 2942625 3.29 7 2 2945603 4.50 2 1 16407 3.57 113 15 902641 3.30 96 13 1339327 3.85 227 3 2000 1680967 7818458304 2 <![CDATA[Black Tide]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1680967.Black_Tide 4.00 2 GENRE: Horror

What would you do if you were stuck on a deserted island with a beautiful girl, her clueless boyfriend, and a mid-life crisis? Well, if you're Fred Miller, then you're fighting off what amounts to a zombie invasion.
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From a furious battle with sky pirates and a zeppelin to a mysterious woman who shuns light and a megalomaniac with a nuclear bomb, "The Uninvited" takes you on an explosive jaunt across an urban apocalypse in a race against time to defeat the most insidious weapon of mass destruction ever devised.

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