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My Favorite Horror Story
| Author: | Mike Baker Martin H. Greenberg |
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DAW Books, 2000 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Horror |
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Synopsis
Who do today's top horror writers read-and why? This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer. Here are fifteen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally selected by a well-known writer, and each prefaced by that writer's explanation of his or her choice. Here's your choice to enjoy familiar favorites, and perhaps to discover some wonderful treasures. In each case, you'll have the opportunity to see the story from the perspective of a master of the field.
Contents:
- ix - Introduction (My Favorite Horror Story) - essay by Mike Baker and Martin H. Greenberg
- 1 - Sweets to the Sweet (introduction) - (1982) - essay by Stephen King
- 2 - Sweets to the Sweet - (1947) - short story by Robert Bloch
- 11 - The Father-Thing (introduction) - essay by Ed Gorman
- 12 - The Father-Thing - (1954) - short story by Philip K. Dick
- 26 - The Distributor (introduction) - essay by F. Paul Wilson
- 27 - The Distributor - non-genre - (1958) - short story by Richard Matheson
- 47 - A Warning to the Curious (introduction) - essay by Ramsey Campbell
- 48 - A Warning to the Curious - (1925) - short story by M. R. James
- 68 - Opening the Door (introduction) - essay by Peter Atkins
- 70 - Opening the Door - (1931) - short story by Arthur Machen
- 85 - The Colour Out of Space (introduction) - essay by Richard Laymon
- 89 - The Colour Out of Space - [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] - (1927) - novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
- 124 - The Inner Room (introduction) - essay by Peter Straub
- 125 - The Inner Room - (1966) - novelette by Robert Aickman
- 162 - Young Goodman Brown (introduction) - essay by Rick Hautala
- 163 - Young Goodman Brown - (1835) - short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 179 - The Rats in the Walls (introduction) - essay by Michael Slade
- 180 - The Rats in the Walls - (1924) - novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
- 204 - The Dog Park (introduction) - essay by Richard Christian Matheson
- 205 - The Dog Park - (1993) - short story by Dennis Etchison
- 219 - The Animal Fair (introduction) - (1995) - essay by Joe R. Lansdale
- 220 - The Animal Fair - (1971) - short story by Robert Bloch
- 236 - The Pattern (introduction) - essay by Poppy Z. Brite
- 237 - The Pattern - (1976) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
- 258 - The Tell-Tale Heart (introduction) - essay by Joyce Carol Oates
- 259 - The Tell-Tale Heart - (1843) - short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- 266 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (introduction) - essay by Dennis Etchison
- 267 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - (1890) - short story by Ambrose Bierce
- 279 - The Human Chair (introduction) - essay by Harlan Ellison
- 281 - The Human Chair - (1956) - short story by Edogawa Rampo
- 299 - About the Authors (My Favorite Horror Story) - essay by uncredited
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