Introduction / John Langan. Corpsemouth / Jeffrey Ford -- Ashputtle / Peter Straub -- Giants in the earth / Dale Bailey -- Beginning of the year without a summer / Caitlín R. Kiernan -- Wish from a bone / Gemma Files -- Last, clean, bright summer / Livia Llewellyn -- Totals / Adam-Troy Castro -- Chill clutch of the unseen / Kim Newman -- Down among the dead men / Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois -- Catching flies / Carole Johnstone -- Our turn too will one day come / Brian Hodge -- Grindstone / Stephen Graham Jones -- Doll hands / Adam L. G. Nevill -- How I met the ghoul / Sofia Samatar -- Jenny come to play / Terry Dowling -- Miss ill-kept runt / Glen Hirshberg -- Chasing sunset / A. C. Wise -- Monster makers / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Piano man / Christopher Fowler -- Corpsemouth / John Langan.
Summary:
Take a terrifying journey with literary masters of suspense, including Peter Straub, Kim Newman, and Caitlín R. Kiernan, visiting a place where the other is somehow one of us. These electrifying tales redefine monsters from mere things that go bump in the night to inexplicable, deadly reflections of our day-to-day lives. Whether it's a seemingly devoted teacher, an obsessive devotee of swans, or a diner full of evil creatures simply seeking oblivion, the monstrous is always there--and much closer than it appears.
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