First published 1993
This anthology brings together twenty-four horror and dark fantasy stories that emerged in 1992. Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell introduce the collection with their overview of that year's horror landscape. The volume spans diverse terrors: Scott Edelman explores suicide as art, while Clive Barker examines the departed. Poppy Z. Brite navigates New York's dangers, and John Brunner reveals what "they" take from us. Lisa Tuttle writes of replacements, Graham Joyce ventures under pylons, and Thomas Ligotti crafts glamour into nightmare. The collection moves from John Gordon's icy depths to Joel Lane's missing souls. Les Daniels conjures little green creatures while Steve Rasnic Tem reflects mirrors darkly. Sarah Ash weaves moth music as Karl Edward Wagner questions trades made. The anthology closes with Peter Straub's ghost village, balancing literary horror with visceral scares throughout its pages.
Genres: short-stories, horror, dark-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: anthology, dark-themes
Period: 1992
512 pages · Hardcover · Carroll & Graf Publishers
Content warnings: death, violence