Dreadful Tales by Richard Laymon (Headline, January 4, 2001, 0-7472-7159-3, £17.99, 312pp, hc, co, cover by Steve Crisp)
Collection of 25 dark fantasy and mainstream stories, 1 original. Together with Out Are The Lights, 1993, and Fiends, 1997, this collects all his adult short pieces published to 1997. Copyrighted 2000.
- 1 · Preface · Richard Laymon · pr
- 3 · Invitation to Murder · Richard Laymon · ss Invitation to Murder ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Dark Harvest, 1991
- 17 · The Grab · Richard Laymon · ss Gallery January 1982
- 23 · Saving Grace · Richard Laymon · nv Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar, Ziesing, 1991
- 37 · Barney’s Bigfoot Museum · Richard Laymon · ss Creature! ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor, 1981
- 43 · Herman · Richard Laymon · ss Cemetery Dance #25, Fall 1996
- 57 · The Champion · Richard Laymon · ss Cavalier October 1978
- 63 · The Maiden · Richard Laymon · nv Dark Love ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1995
- 83 · A Good Cigar Is a Smoke · Richard Laymon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1976
- 89 · I’m Not a Criminal · Richard Laymon · nv After the Darkness ed. Stanley Wiater, Maclay & Associates, 1993
- 103 · Oscar’s Audition · Richard Laymon · ss Don Pendleton’s The Executioner Mystery Magazine June 1975, as by Dick Kelly
- 109 · Into the Pit · Richard Laymon · ss
- 119 · Spooked · Richard Laymon · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1981
- 123 · The Good Deed · Richard Laymon · nv A Good, Secret Place by Richard Laymon, Deadline Press, 1993
- 145 · The Direct Approach · Richard Laymon · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1977
- 151 · Good Vibrations · Richard Laymon · nv Night Screams ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1996
- 167 · Phil the Vampire · Richard Laymon · nv Vampire Detectives ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 185 · Paying Joe Back · Richard Laymon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1975
- 191 · The Fur Coat · Richard Laymon · ss The Earth Strikes Back ed. Richard Chizmar, Ziesing, 1994
- 201 · Blarney · Richard Laymon · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1981
- 209 · Dracuson’s Driver [Dracula] · Richard Laymon · nv Dracula: Prince of Darkness ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992
- 225 · Roadside Pickup · Richard Laymon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1974
- 231 · Wishbone · Richard Laymon · ss Night Visions VII ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Dark Harvest, 1989
- 241 · First Date · Richard Laymon · nv Love in Vein II ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1997
- 261 · Stickman · Richard Laymon · nv A Good, Secret Place by Richard Laymon, Deadline Press, 1993
- 275 · Mop Up · Richard Laymon · na Night Visions VII ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Dark Harvest, 1989
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