999
Subtitle: new stories of horror and suspense
By: edited by Al Sarrantonio.
Contributors: Sarrantonio, Al.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 666
Subjects: Horror tales, American; Detective and mystery stories, American
Other titles: Nine hundred ninety-nine
Description: A collection of stories on the supernatural. They range from Thomas Disch's story, The Owl and the Pussycat, which is on the marriage of an owl and a cat, to Kim Newman's Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Morgue, which is about American zombies in Russia.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: xiii; title: Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Morgue
pagenum: 1; title: The Ruins of Contracoeur
pagenum: 24; title: The Owl and the Pussycat
pagenum: 70; title: The Road Virus Heads North
pagenum: 83; title: Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story
pagenum: 105; title: Growing Things
pagenum: 123; title: Good Friday
pagenum: 129; title: Excerpts from the Records of the New Zodiac and the Diaries of Henry Watson Fairfax
pagenum: 153; title: An Exaltation of Termagants
pagenum: 165; title: Itinerary
pagenum: 204; title: Catfish Gal Blues
pagenum: 214; title: The Entertainment
pagenum: 225; title: ICU
pagenum: 247; title: The Grave
pagenum: 260; title: The Shadow, The Darkness
pagenum: 271; title: Knocking
pagenum: 301; title: Rio Grande Gothic
pagenum: 311; title: Des Saucisses, Sans Doute
pagenum: 361; title: Angie
pagenum: 364; title: The Ropy Thing
pagenum: 380; title: The Tree Is My Hat
pagenum: 387; title: Styx and Bones
pagenum: 412; title: Hemophage
pagenum: 428; title: The Book of Irrational Numbers
pagenum: 436; title: Mad Dog Summer
pagenum: 450; title: The Theater
pagenum: 507; title: Rehearsals
pagenum: 520; title: Darkness
pagenum: 548; title: Elsewhere
pagenum: 561