num_pages: 258
description: Open Toybox, and the stories tumble out:A quiet little girl whose horrible secret bursts forth at a Halloween party.A doll made of corn that hides a nasty surprise.The thing that lives under your bed.Christmas that never ends.They're all here and more in Toybox: 18 of the best horror stories by Stoker-nominee Al Sarrantonio. In Toybox meet a man who collects legs and another who collects monsters. A boy who runs on electricity. There's a depraved party celebrating the last vampire, a town with one too many rules. And the ultimate Halloween House. So open Toybox, if you dare: but not before you oil its hinges, cover your eyes, and turn the lights down low...Toybox, the first-ever collection by Al Sarrantonio, contains over 80,000 words of fiction, including a brand-new story, "The Big House," as well as another new story running throughout the book, a la Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man.Toybox contains:• Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale• "Pumpkin Head"• "The Man With Legs"• "Wish"• "The Spook Man"• "Father Dear"• "Richard's Head"• "Red Eve"• plus eleven other stories!
language: English
title: Toybox
titlecomplete: Toybox
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, Mystery, Collections, Anthologies, Detective, Horror, Fantasy
ratings_count: 237
awards: awardedAt: -62167190400000
name: International Horror Guild Award
publisher: Cemetery Dance Pubns