by Ellen Datlow
First published 2010
A traveling salesman encounters chattery teeth with a mind of their own in Stephen King's tale of roadside terror. A man's childhood movie memories steal his innocence in Peter Straub's eerie story. A young woman faces her neighbor's disturbing obsession in George R.R. Martin's sinister yarn about the pear-shaped man. These stories blend psychological subtlety with visceral imagery, drawing from twenty-five years of cutting-edge horror fiction. Authors like Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, and Thomas Ligotti join forces with newer voices including Kelly Link, Neil Gaiman, and Joe Hill. Each tale explores the dark corners of human experience through mischievous and disturbing scenarios that blur the line between reality and nightmare.
Genres: horror, psychological-thriller, dark-fantasy, dark
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: dark, psychological, suspenseful
424 pages · Paperback · Tachyon Publications
Content warnings: body-horror, gore, graphic-violence