Now firmly established as the world's premier original horror anthology series, this latest volume is even bigger and better, presenting almost a quarter of a million words of new fiction by some of the hottest names and most talented newcomers in the field of contemporary dark suspense. Dark Terrors 5 includes short sharp shocks and nerve-tingling novellas by Chaz Brenchley, Eric Brown, Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Mick Garris, Gwyneth Jones, Tanith Lee, Graham Masterton, Richard Christian Matheson, Kim Newman, Nicholas Royle, David J. Schow, Michael Marshall Smith, Brian Stableford, Peter Straub, Lisa Tuttle, Cherry Wilder and Gahan Wilson, amongst many others.

Once again, multi-award-winning editors Stephen Jones and David Sutton take you on a terrifying journey into the dark heart of modern horror fiction.

Contents:

• Introduction by Stephen Jones & David Sutton
• At Home in the Pubs of Old London by Christopher Fowler
• Valentia by Caitlín Kiernan
• Barking Sands by Richard Christian Matheson
• Everything, in All the Wrong Order by Chaz Brenchley
• Savannah is Six by James Van Pelt
• Now Day Was Fled as the Worm Had Wished by Brian Hodge
• Why Rudy Can’t Read by David J. Schow
• No Story in It by Ramsey Campbell
• Witch-Compass by Graham Masterton
• The Proposal by Nicholas Royle
• Changes by C. Bruce Hunter
• The Abortionist’s Horse (A Nightmare) by Tanith Lee
• The Handover by Michael Marshall Smith
• Pearl by Roberta Lannes
• Beauregard by Eric Brown
• Necromimicos by Nancy Kilpatrick
• The Bootleg Heart by Joel Lane
• Saturday by Cherry Wilder
• The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray by Gregory Frost
• Bottle Babies by Mary A. Turzillo
• Going to Series by Kim Newman
• Haunts by Lisa Tuttle
• My Present Wife by Dennis Etchison
• Alicia by Melanie Tem
• The Haunted Bookshop by Brian Stableford
• Starfucker by Mick Garris
• Destroyer of Worlds by Gwyneth Jones
• The Geezers by Peter Straub
• Honeysuckle by William B. Trotter
• Final Departure by Gahan Wilson
• Pelican Cay by David Case