Psychomania
Subtitle: Killer Stories
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9781629141596
Subjects: Horror tales; Detective and mystery stories; Short stories; Occult & Supernatural; FICTION
Description: When journalist Robert Stanhope arrives at the Crowsmoor asylum for the criminally insane to interview the institutes enigmatic director, Dr. Lionel Parrish, little does he realize that an apparently simple series of tests will lead him into a terrifying world of murder and insanity In this chilling new anthology, compiled by multiple award-winning editor Stephen Jones, some of the biggest and brightest names in horror and crime fiction come together to bring you twisted tales of psychos, schizoids, and serial killers with occasional supernatural twists. Reggie Oliver revives Edgar Allan Poe's wily French detective C. Auguste Dupin, and there is a new story from the popular British mystery series, "Bryant & May" by Christopher Fowler. Internationally best-selling author Michael Marshall also contributes to this collection with the return of The Straw Men conspiracy. An original wraparound sequence in the style of John Llewellyn Probert sets the tone for this dark collection of stories, as well as a hitherto unpublished introduction by Robert Bloch, author of Psycho and the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's famous film.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Robert Bloch: Introduction; John Llewellyn Probert: Prologue: Screams in the Dark; Joe R. Lansdale: I Tell You It's Love; Reggie Oliver: The Green Hour; Steve Rasnic Tem: The Secret Laws of the Universe; Basil Copper: The Recompensing of Albano Pizar; David A. Sutton: Night Soil Man; Brian Hodge: Let My Smile Be Your Umbrella; Scott Edelman: The Trembling Living Wire; John Llewellyn Probert: Case Conference #1; Robert Silverberg: The Undertaker's Sideline; Joel Lane: The Long Shift; Brian Lumley: The Man Who Photographed Beardsley.; title: Lisa Morton: Hollywood HannahPaul McAuley: I Spy; Mike Carey: Reflections on the Critical Process; David J. Schow: The Finger; Lawrence Block: Hot Eyes, Cold Eyes; Jay Russell: Hush ... Hush, Sweet Shushie; John Llewellyn Probert: Case Conference #2; R. Chetwynd-Hayes: The Gatecrasher; Robert Shearman: That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love; Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart; Dennis Etchison: Got to Kill Them All; Mark Morris: Essence; Michael Kelly: The Beach; Robert Bloch: Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper; John Llewellyn Probert: Case Conference #3.; title: Ramsey Campbell: See How They RunConrad Williams: Manners; Christopher Fowler: Bryant & May and the Seven Points; Harlan Ellison®: All the Birds Come Home to Roost; Rio Youers: Wide-Shining Light; Neil Gaiman: Feminine Endings; Peter Crowther: Eater; John Llewellyn Probert: Case Conference #4; Peter Crowther: Mister Mellor Comes to Wayside; Michael Marshall: Failure; Kim Newman: The Only Ending We Have; Richard Christian Matheson: Kriss Kross Applesauce; John Llewellyn Proberte: pilogue: A Little Piece of Sanity; Case Notes.