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The Complete Masters of Darkness ed. Dennis Etchison (Underwood-Miller, February 1991, 0-88733-116-5, $39.95, 766pp, hc, om, cover by Ilene Myer)
Omnibus of three horror anthologies. This is the first appearance of Masters of Darkness III.

3 · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr Masters of Darkness ed. Dennis Etchison, Tor, 1986

5 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1945

15 · Flash Point · Gardner R. Dozois · nv Orbit 13 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1974

35 · The Animal Fair · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy May 1971

51 · The End of the Carnival · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv Signs and Portents by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Dream/Press, 1984

69 · Dance of the Dead · Richard Matheson · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1955

85 · The Words That Count · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Height of the Scream by Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1976

95 · The Test Tube · Ray Russell · pm Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fall 1978

96 · Doctor of Dreams · Ray Russell · pm Masters of Darkness ed. Dennis Etchison, Tor, 1986

99 · Neither Brute nor Human · Karl Edward Wagner · nv World Fantasy Convention 1983 ed. Robert Weinberg, Weird Tales Ltd., 1983

125 · Sea Change · George Clayton Johnson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1981

135 · Teeth Marks · Edward Bryant · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1979

151 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984

161 · Preparations for the Game · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Whispers August 1982

173 · Armaja Das · Joe W. Haldeman · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

191 · Saturday’s Shadow · William F. Nolan · nv Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979

209 · Camps · Jack M. Dann · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1979

239 · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr Masters of Darkness II ed. Dennis Etchison, Tor, 1988

243 · Up Under the Roof · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Worse Things Waiting by Manly Wade Wellman, Carcosa, 1973
revised from the story of the same name in Weird Tales Oct ’38.

249 · The Other Room · Lisa Tuttle · ss Whispers August 1982

261 · A Garden of Blackred Roses · Charles L. Grant · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980

281 · Cottage Tenant · Frank Belknap Long · nv Fantastic Stories April 1975

305 · The Hounds · Kate Wilhelm · nv A Shocking Thing ed. Damon Knight, Pocket, 1974

329 · Zombique · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1972

339 · Taking the Night Train · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Night Voyages #7, Spring 1981

355 · Black Corridor [Change War] · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1967

367 · Strangers on Paradise · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1986, as “Strangers in Paradise”

383 · Gemini · Tanith Lee · nv Chrysalis 9 ed. Roy Torgeson, Doubleday, 1981

401 · Glimmer, Glimmer · George Alec Effinger · ss Playboy November 1987

409 · Perverts · Whitley Strieber · ss Whispers October 1983

421 · On Ice · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1973

429 · The Monkey Treatment · George R. R. Martin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1983

457 · Casey Agonistes · Richard M. McKenna · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958

471 · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr

475 · The Secret · Jack Vance · ss Impulse March 1966

485 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain by Nigel Kneale, Collins, 1949

497 · The Tenant · Avram Davidson · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales May 1960

505 · Hallowe’en’s Child · James Herbert · ss Male & Femail October 29 1988

519 · After the Funeral · Hugh B. Cave · ss Fantasy Tales #16, Winter 1986

531 · But at My Back I Always Hear · David Morrell · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983

549 · The Whisperer · Brian Lumley · ss Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

563 · Doppelgänger · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv Ghosts from the Mist of Time by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Kimber, 1985

595 · The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1966

623 · Judgment Day · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1955

641 · In the Hills, the Cities · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. I by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984

671 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1969

683 · Family · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Omni December 1989

699 · Twilight of the Dawn · Dean R. Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987

727 · The Woman in the Room · Stephen King · ss Night Shift by Stephen King, Doubleday, 1978

741 · Notes on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Cutting Edge ed. Dennis Etchison (Doubleday, October 1986, 0-385-23430-9, $16.95, 290pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of 19 horror stories.

ix · Introduction · Dennis Etchison · in

3 · Blue Rose [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · na Underwood-Miller, 1985

53 · The Monster · Joe W. Haldeman · ss

63 · Lacunae [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · ss

77 · “Pale, Trembling Youth” · W. H. Pugmire & Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss

83 · Muzak for Torso Murders · Marc Laidlaw · ss

93 · Goodbye, Dark Love · Roberta Lannes · ss

99 · Out There · Charles L. Grant · ss

109 · Little Cruelties · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

123 · The Man with the Hoe · George Clayton Johnson · ss

135 · They’re Coming for You · Les Daniels · ss

143 · Vampire · Richard Christian Matheson · ss

147 · Lapses · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss

165 · The Final Stone · William F. Nolan · ss

185 · Irrelativity · Nicholas Royle · ss

199 · The Hands · Ramsey Campbell · ss

211 · The Bell · Ray Russell · ss

221 · Lost Souls [Harry D’Amour] · Clive Barker · ss Time Out December 19 1985 - January 1 1986

235 · Reaper · Robert Bloch · nv

259 · The Transfer · Edward Bryant · ss Muse 1985

269 · Pain · Whitley Strieber · nv

Gathering the Bones: Thirty-Four Original Stories from the Masters of Horror ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann (Tor, August 2003, 0-765-30179-2, $15.95, 443pp, tp, oa, cover by Kamil Vojnar)
Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2003) original horror anthology with 34 stories from the US, UK, and Australia. Authors include Terry Dowling, Ray Bradbury, and Graham Joyce. Originally scheduled for simultaneous release in all three countries, but now first US edition.

15 · Introduction · Ramsey Campbell, Jack Dann & Dennis Etchison · in

17 · The Hanged Man of Oz · Steve Nagy · ss

31 · The Bone Ship · Terry Dowling · ss

42 · Li’l Miss Ultrasound · Robert Devereaux · ss

59 · The Intervention · Kim Newman · ss

77 · Blake’s Angel · Janeen Webb · ss

87 · The Obedient Child · George Clayton Johnson · ss

93 · Sounds Like · Mike O’Driscoll · ss

109 · The Wind Sall Blow for Ever Mair · Stephen Dedman · ss

123 · “The Mezzotint” · Lisa Tuttle · ss

135 · The Lords of Zero · Tony Richards · ss

146 · Smoke City · Russell Blackford · ss

161 · Moments of Change · Thomas Tessier · ss

173 · The Big Green Grin · Gahan Wilson · ss

178 · Both And · Gary Fry · ss

194 · Love Is a Stone · Simon Brown · ss

203 · Momento Mori · Ray Bradbury · ss

211 · The Mistress of Marwood Hagg · Sara Douglass · ss

225 · The Right Men · Michael Marshall Smith · ss

234 · The Raptures of the Deep · Rosaleen Love · ss

240 · Out Late in the Park · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

246 · Bedfordshire · Peter Crowther · nv

270 · Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe · Scott Emerson Bull · ss

278 · Finishing School · Cherry Wilder · ss

288 · Jennifer’s Turn · Fruma Klass · ss

295 · Mother’s Milk · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss

307 · No Man’s Land · Chris Lawson & Simon Brown · ss

321 · The Watcher at the Window · Donald R. Burleson · ss

330 · Coming of Age · Joel Lane · ss

339 · Picking Up Courtney · Tim Waggoner · ss All Too Surreal by Tim Waggoner, Prime Books, 2002

352 · Watchmen · Aaron Sterns · ss

365 · Gardens · Melanie Tem · ss

375 · Under the Bright and Hollow Sky · Andrew J. Wilson · nv

399 · The Dove Game · Isobelle Carmody · nv

423 · Tiger Moth · Graham Joyce · ss

435 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

444 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

Masters of Darkness ed. Dennis Etchison (Tor, August 1986, 0-812-51762-8, $3.95, 338pp, pb, an)
Anthology of 14 horror stories and 2 poems chosen by the authors, with new afterwords by each.

xi · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr

1 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales July 1945

17 · Flash Point · Gardner R. Dozois · nv Orbit 13 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1974

46 · The Animal Fair · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy May 1971

66 · The End of the Carnival · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv Signs and Portents by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Dream/Press, 1984

93 · Dance of the Dead · Richard Matheson · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1955

115 · The Words That Count · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Height of the Scream by Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1976

130 · The Test Tube · Ray Russell · pm Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fall 1978

131 · Doctor of Dreams · Ray Russell · pm

134 · Neither Brute nor Human · Karl Edward Wagner · nv World Fantasy Convention 1983 ed. Robert Weinberg, Weird Tales Ltd., 1983

171 · Sea Change · George Clayton Johnson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1981

184 · Teeth Marks · Edward Bryant · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1979

208 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1984

222 · Preparations for the Game · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Whispers August 1982

239 · Armaja Das · Joe W. Haldeman · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976

265 · Saturday’s Shadow · William F. Nolan · nv Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979

292 · Camps · Jack M. Dann · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1979

329 · Notes on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Masters of Darkness II ed. Dennis Etchison (Tor, January 1988, 0-812-51764-4, $3.95, 338pp, pb, an)
Anthology of 15 horror stories, an “author’s choice” selection with afterwords by the authors.

x · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr

1 · Up Under the Roof · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Worse Things Waiting by Manly Wade Wellman, Carcosa, 1973
revised from the story of the same name in Weird Tales Oct ’38.

10 · The Other Room · Lisa Tuttle · ss Whispers August 1982

26 · A Garden of Blackred Roses · Charles L. Grant · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980

57 · Cottage Tenant · Frank Belknap Long · nv Fantastic Stories April 1975

95 · The Hounds · Kate Wilhelm · nv A Shocking Thing ed. Damon Knight, Pocket, 1974

129 · Zombique · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1972

143 · Taking the Night Train · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Night Voyages #7, Spring 1981

166 · Black Corridor [Change War] · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1967

183 · Strangers on Paradise · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1986, as “Strangers in Paradise”

206 · Gemini · Tanith Lee · nv Chrysalis 9 ed. Roy Torgeson, Doubleday, 1981

231 · Glimmer, Glimmer · George Alec Effinger · ss Playboy November 1987

242 · Perverts · Whitley Strieber · ss Whispers October 1983

259 · On Ice · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1973

270 · The Monkey Treatment · George R. R. Martin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1983

312 · Casey Agonistes · Richard McKenna · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958

328 · Notes on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison (Dell Abyss, July 1992, 0-440-20899-8, $4.99, 377pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of 21 stories; one, “Blues and the Abstract Truth” by Malzberg and Dann, is a reprint. With an introduction by the editor.

xi · Introduction · Dennis Etchison · in

3 · Blues and the Abstract Truth · Barry N. Malzberg & Jack M. Dann · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1988

12 · Are You Now? · Scott Edelman · ss

24 · Stab · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi

28 · Mutilator · Richard Christian Matheson · vi

31 · Martyrdom · Joyce Carol Oates · nv

54 · Briar Rose · Kim Antieau · ss

73 · Replacements · Lisa Tuttle · nv

94 · Ziggles · Donald R. Burleson · ss

109 · End of the Line · Ramsey Campbell · nv

134 · Did They Get You to Trade? · Karl Edward Wagner · nv

160 · GIFCO · M. John Harrison · nv

180 · The Properties of the Beast · Whitley Strieber · ss

195 · In Praise of Folly · Thomas Tessier · ss

215 · The Visit · William F. Nolan · ss

222 · The Ring of Truth · George Clayton Johnson · ss

234 · Nothing Will Hurt You · David Morrell · nv

260 · Underground · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

280 · Bucky Goes to Church · Robert Devereaux · nv

301 · Dumbarton Oaks · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

308 · Novena · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv

334 · The Ghost Village [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · nv

Cormack’s Black Monday/Gerald’s Day Off/Fat Boy Billy Rules the Middle Lane by Daniel Etessami (Travelman, December 31, 1999, 1-86092-039-X, £1.50, ph, oc)
Original collection of three stories printed in a “folded map” format for reading while travelling. In the “Travelman First Edition” series.

· Cormack’s Black Monday · Daniel Etessami · ss

· Gerald’s Day Off · Daniel Etessami · ss

· Fat Boy Billy Rules the Middle Lane · Daniel Etessami · ss

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