First Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories
By: Selected by Ian Alexander Martin
Contributors: Ian Alexander Martin (Editor); Mark Morris (Introduction)
Edition: First
Series: The Humdrumming Books of Horror Stories
Publisher: Humdrumming
Published: September 21, 2007
Place of publication: Stratford-upon-Avon
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781905532483
Subjects: Fiction anthologies & collections; Horror & ghost stories
Description: Spawned from Horror and Fear come the familiars of Terror — 12 awesome tales to haunt your days and chill your dreams — every single one now published for the first time.

 * The Drum of Terror that beats its own terrible rhythm
 * The Boy that cowers at his own shadow
 * The Creatures that lurk beneath the waves
 * The Door that appears from nowhere
 * The Terrible truth of the Northern Lights
 * The Explorers that travel to Heaven

All that — plus! a packet! of crisps! — for a bit more than a fiver! (reader must supply own crisps)
Notes: Anthology whose format and design is an homage to the long-running Pan Books of Horror Stories.
Table of contents: value: Introduction, by Mark Morris; value: “And Then There Was Blood”, by James Cooper; value: “Hum Drum”, by Gary McMahon; value: “Sacrificial Anode”, by Garry Kilworth; value: “Pale Light in the Jungle”, by Simon Strantzas; value: “The Kraken”, by Michael Kelly; value: “In the Absence of…”, by Gary Fry; value: “Thumbwood”, by Davin Ireland; value: “Bathtub Fiction”, by Carol Weekes; value: “The Door”, by Guy Adams; value: “One’s a Crowd”, by Rhys Hughes; value: “Dissertation on a Mouthful of Seaweed”, by John Travis; value: “In Each Dark Body There Lies”, by James Cooper; value: “About the Editor”, by The Editor