The minimum of plot in these tales is skillfully counterbalanced by an abundance of eerie images-dark autumn nights, spooky toys and costumes, menacing elders-unleashing the dreadful potential of the most innocent situations: for example, a desire for Christmas to go on forever becomes horrifying reality in ''Wish,'' and breaking parental taboos leads to unsettling self-discovery in ''Father Dear'' and ''Corn Dolly.'' At their best, which is quite often, these stories remind the reader that the most effective horror tales reduce us all to babes lost in the woods of our dark imaginings. A new child in school proves to be the incarnation of Halloween nightmare in ''Pumpkin Head.'' ''Bogy'' features a quartet of kids determined to prod the living incarnation of Fear into making their drab world delightfully scary again. Al Sarrantonio 999: New Stories Of Horror And Suspense Kindle Edition by Al Sarrantonio (Author), Neil Gaiman (Editor), & 1 more Format: Kindle Edition 385 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 37.80 66 Used from 2.95 8 New from 20.90 11 Collectible from 12.

''Under My Bed'' is narrated by a young boy who befriends the monster under his bed and enlists him as a defense against his abusive father. Virtually all show the influence of Ray Bradbury in their child's-eye views of a world where the magical and the monstrous seep fluidly into one another. The 18 stories in this first collection are gems of weirdness that mostly sidestep the traditional themes and approaches of supernatural fiction and shape deeply personal fears of loneliness, rejection and nonconformity into haunting scenarios with an almost primal power. The owl and the pussycat / Thomas M.Although best known as a novelist (House Haunted) and anthologist (999), Sarrantonio has been writing short tales of horror and dark fantasy for nearly two decades. The ruins of contracoeur / Joyce Carol Oates - Cemetery Dance Publications, 40 (260pp) ISBN 978-1-88 Although best known as a novelist (House Haunted) and anthologist (999), Sarrantonio has been writing short.

The stories in this anthology are a relentless tour de force of fear, which will haunt you, terrify you, and keep the adrenaline rushing all through the night.Īmerikanski dead at the Moscow morgue / Kim Newman. From dark fantasy and pure suspense to classic horror tales of vampires and zombies, 999 showcases the extraordinary scope of fantastical fright fiction.

Award-winning writer and editor Al Sarrantonio gathers together twenty-nine original stories from masters of the macabre.

999 by Al Sarrantonio