Night & demons
By: David Drake
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9781476736181
Subjects: Heroes; American Horror tales; Monsters; Fiction
Other titles: Night and demons
Description: "A collection of horrific, weird, and fantastic tales by a master storyteller and creator of best-selling military science fiction. Here are weird stories set in the present, along with alternative histories filled with gritty realism and exacting detail as well as an assortment of horrors and monsters. Most of all, here are the tough heroes who throughout time master their own fears and face the very real terrors that haunt existence. Sometimes these heroes win a partial victory. Sometimes it's enough to go down fighting"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "A shorter version of this volume appeared in 2007 as Balefires."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 699-768).
Table of contents: title: The red leer; title: A land of romance; title: Smokie Joe; title: Awakening; title: Denkirch; title: Dragon, the book; title: Black iron; title: The shortest way; title: Lord of the depths; title: The land toward sunset; title: Children of the forest; title: The barrow troll; title: Than curse the darkness; title: The song of the bone; title: The master of demons; title: The dancer in the flames; title: Codex; title: Firefight; title: Best of luck; title: Arclight; title: Something had to be done; title: The waiting bullet; title: The elf house; title: The hunting ground; title: The automatic rifleman; title: Blood debt; title: Men like us.