Caped Fear: Superhuman Horror Stories

by Steve Proposch, Steve Proposch (Editor), Bryce Stevens (Editor)

They are superhuman hyper-charged, meta-guardians of humanity; protecting the innocent from the corrupt, saving us from the sadistic; shielding us from human or inhuman evil in all its forms. But, what if the gleaming smile from the chiseled jaw was actually the animalistic baring of teeth? What if THEY were the nightmare threat? They are not superheroes, but superhorrors! This dark potential is revealed as we present tales of shock and the macabre from a roster that includes some of the greatest creative minds from the realms of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and comic-books. What sort of dark and chilling fates arise when those with powers far beyond mere mortals are the central figures not in tales of triumph, but of terror? Welcome to Caped Fear . Short horror fiction by some of the world's best Barry N. Malzberg & Jack Dann, Colleen Doran, Jim Krueger, Robert Bloch, Karen Haber, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Jim Starlin, Howard Keltner, Jonathan Maberry, Neil Gaiman & Roz Kaveney, Heather Graham, Ramsey Campbell, Janeen Webb, William F. Nolan, Brian Lumley, and Joe R. Lansdale.

Genres: Anthologies

310 pages, Paperback

Published April 21, 2022

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CONTENT:
Prologue A Post-Moon-Age Nightmare (Christopher Sequeira)
The Towers of Eden (Barry N. Malzberg & Jack Dann)
The Omnivore (Colleen Doran)
Proof of Bullets (Jim Krueger)
Stuporman (Robert Bloch)
Just Another Day by the Potomac (Karen Haber)
Call Me Titan (Robert Silverberg)
Doctor Weird: ‘The Sword and the Spider’ (George R. R. Martin, Jim Starlin, & Howard Keltner)
Holding Out for a Hero (Jonathan Maberry)
The Lady and/or the Tiger (Neil Gaiman & Roz Kaveney)
Super-Doc and The Ten-Day Cure for the Zombie Apocalypse (Heather Graham) Loveman’s Comeback (Ramsey Campbell)
The Medici Stiletto (Janeen Webb)
Double Space (William F. Nolan)
Mylakhrion the Immortal (Brian Lumley)
The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down (Joe R. Lansdale)

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[Ermingardealive]

Some stories are funny, some are creepy, some are truly horrifying, some are ironic, but the twists on superhero tropes is what sells this fun collection. A really good list from a wide variety of writers. Recommended.