Narrow Houses - Narrow Houses, Vol 1 Author:Peter Crowther (Editor) In the "Narrow Houses" series, here is an anthology collection of 29 specially commissioned horror and suspense stories based on the central theme of superstition. Remove a coffins' nails- runs an old superstition- and the dead soul of that "narrow house" will behold the answers to all questions on judgment day. In ... more »these specially commissioned original horror stories the leaders of today's imaginative fiction, Chet Williamson, Pat Cadigan, Robert Holdstock, Nancy Holder, William F Nolan, and others, explore worlds of superstition, fear and imagination...unleashing from the narrow house of the unknown more than even they bargained for. One of the best horror anthologies in recent years.
Contents:
Foreword (Narrow Houses) (1992) • essay by Peter Crowther
Introduction (Narrow Houses) (1992) • essay by Douglas E. Winter
Beware Those Beasts Who Now and Then Disguise Themselves as Mortal Men (1992) • poem by Ray Bradbury
The Sluice (1992) / short story by Stephen Gallagher
The Needle-Men (1992) / short story by Nancy A. Collins
The Outside Man (1992) / short story by Darrell Schweitzer
The Silvering (1992) / novelette by Robert Holdstock
The Swing of the Knife (1992) / short story by Chet Williamson
The Scent of Elder Flowers (1992) / short story by Pauline E. Dungate
A Prick of Thorn (1992) / short story by Rex Miller
Glory (1992) / short story by Nicholas Royle
Long Time Till Morning Comes (1992) / short story by Ed Gorman
The Tale of Peg and the Brain (1992) / short story by Ian Watson
Naming Names (1992) / novelette by Pat Cadigan
Bird in the House (1992) / short story by Rick Hautala
Bleeding Dry (1992) / novelette by Stephen Laws
Three on a Match (1992) / short story by Kim Newman
Cemetery Dance (1992) / short story by Richard Chizmar
The Dead Must Die (1992) / novelette by Ramsey Campbell
From a Narrow House (1992) / short story by William F. Nolan
Upon the Gallows-Tree (1992) / short story by Brian Stableford
Breaking the Rules (1992) / short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
Down to the Sea (1992) / short story by Nancy Holder
Breaking the Chain (1992) / short story by Peter James
Stone Magic (1992) / short story by Andrew Vachss
Evil Eye (1992) / short story by Christopher Fowler
Learning to Leave (1992) / short story by Jonathan Carroll
The Landlady's Dog (1992) / short story by James Lovegrove
The Luncheonette of Lost Dreams [Desolation Road Universe] (1992) / novelette by Ian McDonald
From the Night Wind Comes (1992) / novelette by David B. Silva
The Girl of My Dreams (1992) / novelette by J. N. Williamson