Darker masques
By: edited by J.N. Williamson
Publisher: Kensington Pub. Corp.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9780786015054
Subjects: American Horror tales; English Horror tales; Supernatural; Fiction
Description: Compiling the hardcover horror collections "Masques III" and "Masques IV, " this volume contains nightmarish tales from the farthest reaches of twisted imaginations to the deepest, most intimate recesses of tortured minds. Such horror masters as Ray Bradbury, Graham Masterton, Dan Simmons, F. Paul Wilson, and others contribute. Original.
Notes: "Pinnacle Books."

"Ray Bradbury, Graham Masterson, F. Paul Wilson, Dan Simmons and other modern masters of terror"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Drifter / Ed Gorman for Michael Seidman; title: Reflections / Ray Russell; title: Happy family / Melissa Mia Hall and Douglas F. Winter; title: Dew drop inn / D. W. Taylor; title: Refractions / Thomas Millstead; title: Spelling bee / Adobe James; title: Better than one / Paul Dale Anderson; title: Ever, ever, after / Graham Masterton; title: Prometheus' declaration of love for the vulture (poem) / Alan Rogers; title: Long lips / R. Patrick Gates; title: Sinners / Ralph Rainwater, Jr.; title: Sunday breakfast / Jeanette M. Hopper; title: Third rail / Wayne Allen Sallee; title: Coochie-coo / Mark McNease; title: Wulgaru /  Bill Ryan; title: Luckiest man in the world / Rex Miller; title: Boneless doll (poem) / Joey Froehlich; title: Skull / Diane Taylor; title: On 42nd Street / William F. Nolan; title: Safe / John Maclay; title: All but the ties eternal / Gary A. Braunbeck; title: Pop is real smart / Mort Castle; title: When the wall cries / Stanley Wiater; title: Return to the mutant rain forest (poem) / Bruce Boston and Robert Frazier; title: The willies / James Kisner; title: Drinking party / K. Marie Ramsland; title: Chosen one / G. Wayne Miller; title: Them bald-headed snays / Joseph A. Citro; title: Motherson / Steve Rasnic Tem; title: Kill for me / John Keefauver; title: Shave and a haircut, two bites / Dan Simmons; title: Orchid nursery (poem) / Amanda Russell; title: Of absence, darkness death: things which are not (poem) / Ray Bradbury; title: The pack / Chet Williamson; title: Children / Kristine Kathryn Rusch; title: Sea gulls / Gahan Wilson; title: Coming of night, the passing of day / Ed Gorman; title: Please don't hurt me / F. Paul Wilson; title: Splatter me an angel / James Kisner; title: Untitled still life with infinity perspective / Rex Miller; title: Pratfall  / John Maclay; title: Heart of Helen Day / Graham Masterton; title: Nothing but the best / Brian MeNaughton (sic); title: Somewhere / Denise Dumars; title: Milestone's face / Gary Brandner; title: Julia's touch / David T. Connolly; title: Savages / Darrell Schweitzer; title: Collapse of civilization / Ray Russell; title: Animal husbandry / Bruce Boston; title: Sounds / Kathryn Ptacek; title: Whispers of the unrepentant (poem) / T. Winter-Damon; title: Obscene phone calls / John Coyne; title: The children never lie / Cameron Nolan; title: Other woman / Lois Tilton; title: Love, hate, and the beautiful junkyard / Mort Castle; title: Sources of the Nile / Rick Hautala; title: Collaborationists / J. N. Williamson; title: My private memoirs of the Hoffer stigmaya pandemic / Dan Simmons; title: The secret / Steve Allen.