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The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Volume 1
Fiction and Essays
ix • Introduction (The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. I) • (1989) essay by Anne Devereaux Jordan
1 • Window • (1980) shortstory by Bob Leman
23 • Insects in Amber • (1978) novella by Tom Reamy
82 • Free Dirt • (1955) shortstory by Charles Beaumont
94 • Rising Waters • (1987) shortstory by Patricia Ferrara
104 • The Night of the Tiger • (1978) shortstory by Stephen King
120 • Poor Little Warrior! • (1958) shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
128 • Nina • (1977) shortstory by Robert Bloch
140 • Werewind • (1981) novelette by Michael Reaves [as by J. Michael Reaves ]
169 • Dress of White Silk • (1951) shortstory by Richard Matheson
175 • Gladys's Gregory • (1963) shortstory by John Anthony West
184 • By the River, Fontainebleau • (1986) shortstory by Stephen Gallagher
202 • Pride • [Oxrun] • (1982) shortstory by Charles L. Grant
219 • Longtooth • (1970) novelette by Edgar Pangborn
ix • Introduction (The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. I) • (1989) essay by Anne Devereaux Jordan
1 • Window • (1980) shortstory by Bob Leman
23 • Insects in Amber • (1978) novella by Tom Reamy
82 • Free Dirt • (1955) shortstory by Charles Beaumont
94 • Rising Waters • (1987) shortstory by Patricia Ferrara
104 • The Night of the Tiger • (1978) shortstory by Stephen King
120 • Poor Little Warrior! • (1958) shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
128 • Nina • (1977) shortstory by Robert Bloch
140 • Werewind • (1981) novelette by Michael Reaves [as by J. Michael Reaves ]
169 • Dress of White Silk • (1951) shortstory by Richard Matheson
175 • Gladys's Gregory • (1963) shortstory by John Anthony West
184 • By the River, Fontainebleau • (1986) shortstory by Stephen Gallagher
202 • Pride • [Oxrun] • (1982) shortstory by Charles L. Grant
219 • Longtooth • (1970) novelette by Edgar Pangborn
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About the author
Edward L. Ferman
635 books7 followersEdward Ferman (born 1937) was an American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor and magazine publisher.
Ferman is the son of Joseph W. Ferman, and took over as editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 when Avram Davidson, due to his residence in various Latin American locales with unreliable postal delivery, could no longer practically continue editing; on the masthead, Joseph Ferman was listed as editor and publisher for Edward Ferman's first two years. Edward Ferman would take on the role of publisher, as well, by 1970, as his father gradually retired. He remained as editor until 1991 when he hired his replacement, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He remained as publisher of the magazine until he sold it to Gordon Van Gelder in 2000. While Ferman was the editor, many other magazines in the field began to fold or were shortlived, and his magazine, along with Analog, was one of the few which maintained a regular schedule and sustained critical appreciation for its contents.
From 1969-1970, he was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction's sister publication Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Together, the Fermans had also edited and published the short-lived nostalgia and humor magazine P.S. and a similarly brief run of a magazine about mysticism and other proto-New Age matters, Inner Space.
Ferman received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor three years in a row, from 1981 through 1983. F&SF had previously won several other Hugos under his editorship, which had been famously conducted, at least in the last decade of his tenure, from a table in the Ferman family's Connecticut house. He edited or co-edited several volumes of stories from F&SF and co-edited Final Stage with Barry N. Malzberg. It is probable that he also ghost-edited No Limits for or with Joseph Ferman, an anthology drawn from the pages of the first run of Venture.
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Ferman is the son of Joseph W. Ferman, and took over as editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 when Avram Davidson, due to his residence in various Latin American locales with unreliable postal delivery, could no longer practically continue editing; on the masthead, Joseph Ferman was listed as editor and publisher for Edward Ferman's first two years. Edward Ferman would take on the role of publisher, as well, by 1970, as his father gradually retired. He remained as editor until 1991 when he hired his replacement, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He remained as publisher of the magazine until he sold it to Gordon Van Gelder in 2000. While Ferman was the editor, many other magazines in the field began to fold or were shortlived, and his magazine, along with Analog, was one of the few which maintained a regular schedule and sustained critical appreciation for its contents.
From 1969-1970, he was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction's sister publication Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Together, the Fermans had also edited and published the short-lived nostalgia and humor magazine P.S. and a similarly brief run of a magazine about mysticism and other proto-New Age matters, Inner Space.
Ferman received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor three years in a row, from 1981 through 1983. F&SF had previously won several other Hugos under his editorship, which had been famously conducted, at least in the last decade of his tenure, from a table in the Ferman family's Connecticut house. He edited or co-edited several volumes of stories from F&SF and co-edited Final Stage with Barry N. Malzberg. It is probable that he also ghost-edited No Limits for or with Joseph Ferman, an anthology drawn from the pages of the first run of Venture.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 31, 2011
I can not think of another horror anthology that has more great stories by multiple authors than this one. I guess it helps when you have 35+ years of monthly issues from the top genre magazine to choose from. For me it was the stories Window by Bob Leman, Insects in Amber by Tom Reamy, Poor Little Warrior by Brian W. Aldiss, Nina by Robert Bloch, Werewind by J. Michael Reaves and Pride by Charles L. Grant were my favorites. The rest are amazing as well. This anthology blows away all of the stories combined in all 16 of Charles L. Grant's "quiet horror" anthologies. I hope the 2nd volume is nearly as good. If anyone wants to suggest anthologies they think are as good or even better I'll definitely check them out.
April 18, 2014
Contains "Nina" by Robert Bloch, and "Window" by Bob Leman to examples of short fiction at its best
January 31, 2021
Meh. 3 stories carried the tired misogynistic trope that the scary creature/evil/unknown was the sexy woman the protagonist meets and is seduced by. Only one woman author in the collection. A couple gems.
May 31, 2021
A few good stories.
April 1, 2025
Not a bad collecti
June 26, 2009
This collection started out with a bang, with the first story being pretty terrifying by the conclusion. Unfortunately, while the remaining stories were well-written, they weren't really that scary (even the Stephen King entry). They seemed more like supernatural thrillers with some gross-out moments. Maybe it's a sign of being too jaded with "horror" movies now really being just slasher flicks. I like more old-fashioned horror, but to me all the stories aside from the first were more suspenseful than scary.
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