Dark Forces: The 25th Anniversary Edition

Dark ForcesEdited by Kirby McCauleyFeaturing stories from Stephen King, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Joyce CarolOates, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, Richard & Richard ChristianMatheson, and over a dozen other masters of the genre!In 1980, Kirby McCauley assembled a landmark horror anthology that set thebenchmark for the genre. That book was Dark Forces, and while it has beenimitated many times over the last twenty-five years, it has never beenmatched.Featuring stories from Stephen King, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Joyce CarolOates, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, Richard & Richard ChristianMatheson, and over a dozen other masters of the genre, Dark Forces belongsin the collection of anyone who treasures works of classic horror and darkfantasy.All of these stories are on the must-read list for any new horror fan,including Stephen King's classic novella The Mist, which was made into amajor feature film by director Frank Darabont.This special edition eBook features a new afterword from editor KirbyMcCauley.Table of Contents:1980 Introduction - Kirby McCauleyThe Late Shift - Dennis EtchisonThe Enemy - Isaac Bashevis SingerDark Angel - Edward BryantThe Crest of Thirty-Six - Davis GrubbMark Ingestre: The Customer's Tale - Robert AickmanWhere the Summer Ends - Karl Edward WagnerThe Bingo Master - Joyce Carol OatesChildren of the Kingdom - T. E. D. KleinThe Detective of Dreams - Gene WolfeVengeance Is. - Theodore SturgeonThe Brood - Ramsey CampbellThe Whistling Well - Clifford D. SimakThe Peculiar Demesne - Russell KirkWhere the Stones Grow - Lisa TuttleThe Night Before Christmas - Robert BlochThe Stupid Joke - Edward GoreyA Touch of Petulance - Ray BradburyLindsay and the Red City Blues - Joe W. HaldemanA Garden of Blackred Roses - Charles L. GrantOwls Hoot in the Daytime - Manly Wade WellmanWhere There's a Will - Richard & Richard Christian MathesonTraps - Gahan WilsonThe Mist - Stephen KingNew Afterword - Kirby McCauleyBrand New Interview with Kirby McCauley by Kealan Patrick Burke

Amazon.com Review

Dark Forces is one of the greatest collections of original horror stories published since World War II, and it may prove to be one of the most influential anthologies of its kind, ever. Edited by award-winning editor (and recognized authority) Kirby McCauley, this was the first superstar collection of famous horror writers. It has been often imitated but never surpassed. McCauley was inspired by another landmark collection; his goal was to publish an anthology "with the same scope and dynamism of Harlan's Ellison's Dangerous Visions, but in the supernatural horror field." Dark Forces succeeds on every level, especially in the selection of the 24 contributors, a "Who's Who" from across the spectrum of imaginative literature: Richard Matheson, Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Joyce Carol Oates, Isaac Bashevis Singer. Oh, yes, also found here is the first appearance of an unforgettable short novel called "The Mist" by an up-and-comer named Stephen King. Dark Forces belongs on the shelf of anyone who desires the very best the field has to offer. --Stanley Wiater

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