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Nightmares : a new decade of modern horror / edited by Ellen Datlow.

Datlow, Ellen, (editor.). Samuels, Mark, (author.). Wolfe, Gene, (author.). Hodge, Brian, (author.). Warren, Kaaron, (author.). Tuttle, Lisa, (author.). Files, Gemma, (author.). Bestwick, Simon, (author.). Royle, Nicholas, (author.). Lanagan, Margo, (author.). Duffy, Steve, (author.). Barron, Laird, (author.). Jones, Stephen Graham, (author.). Oliver, Reggie, (author.). Cluley, Ray, (author.). Rickert, M., (author.). Langan, John, (author.). Taborska, Anna, (author.). Llewellyn, Livia, (author.). Chaon, Dan, (author.). Shearman, Robert, (author.). Kiernan, Caitlín R., (author.). Nix, Garth, (author.). Ballingrud, Nathan, (author.). Kadrey, Richard, (author.).

Summary:

An acclaimed horror editor presents 24 terrifying tales from such authors as Garth Nix, Livia Llewellyn, Richard Kadrey, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Laird Barron, Margo Lanagan and Gene Wolfe that remind us that evil is all around us.

Record details

ISBN: 9781616962326
ISBN: 1616962321
Physical Description: 427 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Tachyon Publications, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Companion to: Darkness : two decades of modern horror.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Ellen Datlow -- Shallaballah / Mark Samuels -- Sob in the silence / Gene Wolfe -- Our turn too will one day come / Brian Hodge -- Dead sea fruit / Kaaron Warren -- Closet dreams / Lisa Tuttle -- Spectral evidence / Gemma Files -- Hushabye / Simon Bestwick -- Very low-flying aircraft / Nicholas Royle -- The Goosle / Margo Lanagan -- The clay party / Steve Duffy -- Strappado / Laird Barron -- Lonegan's luck / Stephen Graham Jones -- Mr. Pigsny / Reggie Oliver -- At night, when the demons come / Ray Cluley -- Was she wicked? Was she good? / M. Rickert -- The shallows / John Langan -- Little pig / Anna Taborska -- Omphalos / Livia Llewellyn -- How we escaped our certain fate / Dan Chaon -- That tiny flutter of the heart I used to call love / Robert Shearman -- Interstate love song (Murder ballad no. 8) / Caitlín R. Kiernan -- Shay Corsham Worsted / Garth Nix -- The atlas of Hell / Nathan Ballingrud -- Ambitious boys like you / Richard Kadrey.