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The Year's Best Horror Stories, Series IX

The Year's Best Horror Stories IX

Penned By Karl Edward Wagner
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The Year's Best Horror Stories, Series IX

The Year's Best Horror Stories IX

Penned By Karl Edward Wagner
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Editor's Note:
Continuing the tradition of selecting the finest gooseflesh stories of the last year, DAW's annual anthology is unique. This year, as last year, the selection has again been made by the master of the terror tale, Karl Edward Wagner.Contents: Introduction: The Year of the Anthology and Beyond • essay by Karl Edward Wagner. The Monkey • (1980) • novelette by Stephen King. The Gap • (1980) • short story by Ramsey Campbell. The Cats of Pere LaChaise • (1980) • short story by Neil Olonoff. The Propert Bequest • (1980) • short story by Basil A. Smith. On Call • (1980) • short story by Dennis Etchison. The Catacomb • (1980) • short story by Peter Shilston. Black Man with a Horn • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1980) • novelette by T.E.D. Klein. The King • (1980) • short story by William Relling, Jr.. Footsteps • (1980) • short story by Harlan Ellison. Without Rhyme or Reason • (1980) • short story by Peter Valentine Timlett.

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Length 223 Pages
Released August, 1981
Identifier (ISBN) 3306770
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Karl Edward Wagner finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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