My father's mask / Joe Hill. Dancing chickens / Edward Bryant -- The Greater festival of masks / Thomas Ligotti -- The Pear-shaped man / George R. R. Martin -- The Juniper tree / Peter Straub -- Two minutes forty-five seconds / Dan Simmons -- The Power and the passion / Pat Cadigan -- The Phone woman / Joe R. Lansdale -- Teratisms / Kathe Koja -- Chattery teeth / Stephen King -- A Little night music / r Lucius Shepard -- Calcutta, Lord of Nerves / Poppy Z. Brite -- The Erl-king / Elizabeth Hand -- The Dog park / Dennis Etchison -- Rain falls / Michael Marshall Smith -- Refrigerator heaven / David J. Schow -- ... / Joyce Carol Oates -- Eaten (scenes from a moving picture) / Neil Gaiman -- The Specialist's hat / Kelly Link -- The Tree is my hat / Gene Wolfe -- Heat / Steve Rasnic Tem -- No strings / Ramsey Campbell -- Stitch / Terry Dowling -- Dancing men / Glen Hirshberg -- My father's mask / Joe Hill.
Summary:
A collection from modern horror's most terrifying era, between 1984 and 2005. Collected here are twenty-five unrivaled classic tales from the masters of the macabre.
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