num_pages: 479
description: A bone-chilling anthology from legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow Screams from the Dark contains twenty-nine all-original tales about monsters.From werewolves and vampires to demons and aliens the monster is one of the most recognizable figures in horror. But what makes something or someone monstrous?Award-winning and up-and-coming authors like Richard Kadrey Cassandra Khaw Indrapramit Das Priya Sharma and more attempt to answer this question. These all-new stories range from traditional to modern from mainstream to literary from familiar monsters to the unknown  and unimaginable.This chilling collection has something to pleaseand terrifyeveryone so lock your doors hide under your covers and try not to scream.Contributors include: Ian Rogers Fran Wilde Gemma Files Daryl Gregory Priya Sharma Brian Hodge Joyce Carol Oates Indrapramit Das Siobhan Carroll Richard Kadrey Norman Partridge Garry Kilworth Caitln R. Kiernan Chikodili Emelumadu Glen Hirshberg A. C. Wise Stephen Graham Jones Kaaron Warren Livia Llewellyn Carole Johnstone Margo Lanagan Joe R. Lansdale Brian Evenson Nathan Ballingrud Cassandra Khaw Laird Barron Kristi DeMeester Jeffrey Ford and John Langan.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Ellen DatlowYou Have What I Need by Ian RogersThe Midway by Fran WildeWet Red Grin by Gemma FilesThe Virgin Jimmy Peck by Daryl GregoryThe Ghost of a Flea by Priya SharmaThe Atrocity Exhibitionists by Brian Hodge The Father of Modern Gynecology: J. Marion Syins M.D. (1813-1883) by Joyce Carol OatesHere Comes Your Man by Indrapramit DasSiolaigh by Siobhan CarrollWhat Is Love But the Quiet Moments After Dinner? by Richard KadreyThe Island by Norman PartridgeFlaming Teeth by Garry KilworthStrandling by Caitln R. KiernanThe Special One by Chikdili EmelumaduDevil by Glen HirshbergCrick Crack Rattle Tap by A. C. WiseChildren of the Night by Stephen Graham JonesThe Smell of Waiting by Kaaron WarrenNow Voyager by Livia LlewellynThe Last Drop by Carole Johnstone Three Mothers Mountain by Nathan BallingrudWidow-Light by Margo LanaganSweet Potato by Joe R. LansdaleKnock Knock by Brian EvensonWhat Is Meat with No God? by Cassandra KhawBitten by Himself by Laird BarronBurial by Kristi DeMeesterBeautiful Dreamer by Jeffrey FordBlodsuger by John Langan
language: English
title: Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous
publisher: Tor Nightfire