The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV

Of clanking chains, eerie howls, and things that go bump in the night... Karl Edward Wagner, a master at unearthing the most haunting tales of terror created by his fellow practitioners in the dark art of freezing your blood, has, with this new collection of The Year's Best Horror Stories, come up with a truly unforgettable gallery of ghoulish delights.From a man dangerously bespelled by the merest glimpse of a beautiful, mysterious woman... to a child who can only watch helplessly as, one by one, his family begins to disappear... to a co-ed beset by an eerie memory lapse on a college campus where Death teaches one final course... to an invitation to a Halloween ceremony where being the guest of honor means being the guest of horror... here are nineteen magnificent chillers by brilliant new talents and such acclaimed authors as Tanith Lee, Charles L. Grant, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, and William Nolan.Contents:Introduction: Nurturing Nightmares by Karl Edward Wagner.Penny Daye by Charles L. Grant.Dwindling by David B. Silva.Dead Men's Fingers by Phillip C. Heath.Dead Week by Leonard Carpenter.The Sneering by Ramsey Campbell.Bunny Didn't Tell Us by David J. Schow.Pinewood by Tanith Lee.The Night People by Michael Reaves.Ceremony by William F. Nolan.The Woman in Black by Dennis Etchison.Beside the Seaside Beside the Sea by Simon Clark.Mother's Day by Stephen F. Wilcox.Lava Tears by Vincent McHardy.Rapid Transit by Wayne Allen Sallee.The Weight of Zero by John Alfred Taylor.John's Return to Liverpool by Christopher Burns.In Late December, Before the Storm by Paul M. Sammon.Red Christmas by David S. Garnett.Too Far Behind Gradina by Steve Sneyd.