num_pages: 403
description: A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her.... An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror.... During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror.... From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind.Contents:The River Styx Runs Upstream (1982)Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams (1982)Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in 'Hell' (1988)Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle (1985)Remembering Siri (1983)Metastasis (1988)The Offering (1987)E-Ticket to 'Namland (1987)Iverson's Pits (1988)Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites (1989)The Death of the Centaur (1990)Two Minutes Forty-five Seconds (1988)Carrion Comfort (1983)
language: English
title: Prayers to Broken Stones
titlecomplete: Prayers to Broken Stones
genres: Anthologies, Science Fiction Fantasy, American, Fantasy, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Fiction, Collections, Horror, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 1248
series: Hyperion Cantos
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Fiction Collection, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Spectra