Twenty-eight original tales of horror explore dark worlds of terror, superstition, and the supernatural. Plus one poem.

Contents:

• Beware Those Beasts Who Now and Then Disguise Themselves as Mortal Men by Ray Bradbury
• The Sluice by Stephen Gallagher
• The Needle-Men by Nancy A. Collins
• The Outside Man by Darrell Schweitzer
• The Silvering by Robert Holdstock
• The Swing of the Knife by Chet Williamson
• The Scent of Elder Flowers by Pauline E. Dungate
• A Prick of Thorn by Rex Miller
• Glory by Nicholas Royle
• Long Time Till Morning Comes by Ed Gorman
• The Tale of Peg and the Brain by Ian Watson
• Naming Names by Pat Cadigan
• Bird in the House by Rick Hautala
• Bleeding Dry by Stephen Laws
• Three on a Match by Kim Newman
• Cemetery Dance by Richard T. Chizmar
• The Dead Must Die by Ramsey Campbell
• From a Narrow House by William F. Nolan
• Upon the Gallows-Tree by Brian M. Stableford
• Breaking the Rules by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Down to the Sea by Nancy Holder
• Breaking the Chain by Peter James
• Stone Magic by Andrew Vachss
• Evil Eye by Christopher Fowler
• Learning to Leave by Jonathan Carroll
• The Landlady’s Dog by James Lovegrove
• The Luncheonette of Lost Dreams by Ian MacDonald
• From the Night Wind Comes by David B. Silva
• The Girl of My Dreams by J. N. Williamson