HorrorStory Volume Four

by Karl Edward Wagner (Editor)

An omnibus anthology containing The Year's Best Horror Stories # X, XI, XII.

Contents:
Egnaro by M. John Harrison; On 202 by Jeff Hecht; Old Hobby Horse by A. F. Kidd; Touring by Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick; Wyntours by David G. Rowlands; The Dark Country by Dennis Etchison; Homecoming by Howard Goldsmith; Firstborn by David Campton; Luna by G. W. Perriwils; Mind by Les Freeman; Competition by David Clayton Carrad; Broken Glass by Harlan Ellison; Every Time You Say I Love You by Chalres L. Grant; and The Trick by Ramsey Campbell, ----# XI contains: Rouse Him Not by Manly Wade Wellman; The Grab by Richard Laymon; The House at Evening by Frances Garfield; I Hae Dream'd a Dreary Dream by John Alfred Taylor; Deathtracks by Dennis Etchison; Come, Follow by Sheila Hodgson; The Smell of Cherries by Jeffrey Goddin; Posthumous Bequest by David Campton; Slippage by Michael Kube-McDowell; The Executor by David G. Rowlands; Mrs. Halfbooger's Basement by Lawrence C. Connolly; Spare the Child by Thomas F. Monteleone; The New Rays by M. John Harrison; Cruising by Donald Tyson; Pumpkine Head by Al Sarrantonio; The Depths by Ramsey Campbell, --- # XII contains: Names by Jane Yolen; Elle Est Trois (La Mort) by Tanith Lee; Uncle Otto's Truck by Stephen King; 3.47 AM by David Langford; Mistral; Jon Wynne-Tyson; Out of Africa by David Drake; The Wall Painting by Roger Johnson; Keepsake by Vincent McHardy; Echoes by Lawrence C. Connolly; After Images by Malcolm Edwards; The Ventriloquist's Daughter by Juleen Brantingham; Come to the Party by Frances Garfield; The Chair by Dennis Etchison; The Attic by Billy Wolfenbarger; One for the Horrors by David J. Schow; Spring Fingered Jack by Susan Casper; The Flash Kid by Scott Bradfield; The Man With Legs by Al Sarrantonio; Just Waiting by Ramsey Campbell

641 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1990

About the author

Karl Edward Wagner (12 December 1945 – 13 October 1994) was an American writer, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist. His disillusionment with the medical profession can be seen in the stories "The Fourth Seal" and "Into Whose Hands". He described his world view as nihilistic, anarchistic and absurdist, and claimed, not entirely seriously, to be related to "an opera composer named Richard". Wagner also admired the cinema of Sam Peckinpah, stating "I worship the film The Wild Bunch".

Reviews

[Kevin Lucia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvelous. A virtual TEXTBOOK of fine horror fiction.