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Darker masques

Darker masques

by J. N. Williamson, Edward Gorman, Michael Seidman

American Horror talesEnglish Horror talesFictionSupernaturalFiction, fantasy, general
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Drifter / Ed Gorman for Michael Seidman Reflections / Ray Russell Happy family / Melissa Mia Hall and Douglas F. Winter Dew drop inn / D. W. Taylor Refractions / Thomas Millstead Spelling bee / Adobe James Better than one / Paul Dale Anderson Ever, ever, after / Graham Masterton Prometheus' declaration of love for the vulture (poem) / Alan Rogers Long lips / R. Patrick Gates Sinners / Ralph Rainwater, Jr. Sunday breakfast / Jeanette M. Hopper Third rail / Wayne Allen Sallee Coochie-coo / Mark McNease Wulgaru / Bill Ryan Luckiest man in the world / Rex Miller Boneless doll (poem) / Joey Froehlich Skull / Diane Taylor On 42nd Street / William F. Nolan Safe / John Maclay All but the ties eternal / Gary A. Braunbeck Pop is real smart / Mort Castle When the wall cries / Stanley Wiater Return to the mutant rain forest (poem) / Bruce Boston and Robert Frazier The willies / James Kisner Drinking party / K. Marie Ramsland Chosen one / G. Wayne Miller Them bald-headed snays / Joseph A. Citro Motherson / Steve Rasnic Tem Kill for me / John Keefauver Shave and a haircut, two bites / Dan Simmons Orchid nursery (poem) / Amanda Russell Of absence, darkness death: things which are not (poem) / Ray Bradbury The pack / Chet Williamson Children / Kristine Kathryn Rusch Sea gulls / Gahan Wilson Coming of night, the passing of day / Ed Gorman Please don't hurt me / F. Paul Wilson Splatter me an angel / James Kisner Untitled still life with infinity perspective / Rex Miller Pratfall / John Maclay Heart of Helen Day…

Themes & subjects

American Horror talesEnglish Horror talesFictionSupernaturalFiction, fantasy, general

About the authors

Edward Gorman

November 2, 1941 – October 14, 2016

American writer and short fiction anthologist.

Michael Seidman

1959

Michael Seidman (Philadelphia, 1959) is an American historian and Hispanist, professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Authors

J. N. Williamson, Edward Gorman, Michael Seidman

Pages

574

Read time

≈ 14h

Editions

2

Language

English

Publisher

Pinnacle

ISBN

9780786015054

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