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666.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. dj. Hardcover - A horror novel by the author of "The Amityville Horror" - a story of a house that mysteriously appears near any city and exerts a powerful, frightening, demonic influence on any who are nearby. 189 pp. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36253More details Price: $12.50 -
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 2007: Twentieth Annual Collection.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (2007). First edition - Includes stories by Margo Lanagan, Joyce Carol Oates, Gene Wolfe, Jeffrey Ford, Ellen Klages, a novella by Ysabeau S. Wilce, articles by Charles de Lint, Jeff van der Meer and more. Overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, including in the media and in graphic novels; obituaries, honorable mentions and more. cxxxi, 472 pp. ISBN: 0-312356145.
Condition: Very good in glossy wrappers (usual toning to the pages, corners slightly curling)
Book ID: 89829More details Price: $17.50 -
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (2006). First edition - Includes stories by Jeffrey Ford, China Mieville, Joe Hill, Elizabeth Hand, Howard Waldrop, Elizabeth Bear, Kim Newman, Glen Hirshberg, Bruce Sterling, Joe Coover, Isabel Allende, Nisi Shawl, Chuck Palahniuk and others. Includes overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, including in the media and in graphic novels; obitiuaries, honorable mentions and more. cxxiii, 480 pp. ISBN: 0-312356145.
Condition: Near fine in glossy wrappers (usual light toning to the pages, corners slightly curling)
Book ID: 70535More details Price: $17.50 -
DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ace Books, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - An all-new collection of urban fantasy stories - strange cases of death and magic in the city - by Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle. Introduction by George Martin in which he describes urban fantasy as the "bastard stepchild" - the heroes have their roots in hardboiled mystery, while the villains are straight out of horror. xii, 478 pp. ISBN: 978-0441020744.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacke (short tear to fold of dj).
Book ID: 88993More details Price: $19.50 -
A WHISPER OF BLOOD, 18 Stories of Vampirism
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Morrow, (1991). SIGNED - Collection of stories, most published for the first time, which extend the metaphor of the vampire far beyond the traditional bloodsucker. Includes stories by Jonathan Carroll, Pat Cadigan, Jack Womack, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Robert Silverberg. David Schow, Suzy McKee Charnas and others. SIGNED by TWO authors: by Datlow on the title page and by Pat Cadigan at her story "Home by the Sea." Notes on contributors. 287 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 74087More details Price: $20.00 -
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: St Martin's, (2006). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by TWO authors: by Datlow on the title page and by Elizabeth Bear at her story "Follow Me Light." Also includes stories by Jeffrey Ford, China Mieville, Joe Hill, Elizabeth Hand, Howard Waldrop, Kim Newman, Glen Hirshberg, Bruce Sterling, Joe Coover, Isabel Allende, Nisi Shawl, Chuck Palahniuk and others. Includes overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, including in the media and in graphic novels; obitiuaries, honorable mentions and more. cxxiii, 480 pp. ISBN: 0-312356145.
Condition: Near fine in glossy wrappers (usual light toning to the pages, remainder dot)
Book ID: 70176More details Price: $25.00 -
GIRLS' NIGHT OUT: Twenty-nine Female Vampire Stories.
Edition: First thus.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47581More details Price: $35.00 -
STALKERS.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
Condition: Good condition (usual toning to the pages, some spotting to the margins of a few pages).
Book ID: 32169More details Price: $40.00 -
SHADOWS 8.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology containing 17 stories with an introduction by Grant. SIGNED and dated by Yarbro at her short story 'Do I Dare to Eat a Peach' and by Nina Kiriki Hoffman at her story 'The Shadow of the Hawk.' Other stories include The Blind Man by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; A Demon in Rosewood by Sharon Webb; Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder; Everything's Going to Be All Right by Gene DeWeese; Cycles by Kim Antieau; The Tuckahoe by Nancy Etchemendy; Between the Windows of the Sea by Jack Dann; The Battering by Steve Rasnic Tem; Toy by Bill Pronzini; The Man Who Loved Water by Craig Shaw Gardner; Sand by Alan Ryan; and more. ISBN: 0-385-19823x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder spray bottom edge.)
Book ID: 22385More details Price: $35.00 -
SHADOWS 8.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light remainder spray bottom edge.)
Book ID: 62519More details Price: $40.00 -
SHADOWS 7.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover - An original anthology containing 16 stories with an introduction by Grant. SIGNED by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro at her story "Do Not Fosake Me, O My Darling." Other contributors include Tanith Lee, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, David Morrell and more. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-385-189435.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, in a very good unmarked dust jacket (dj flaps had been pasted down so there are some peeled spots on the interior.
Book ID: 81909More details Price: $19.50 -
SHADOWS 4.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1981. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology containing 17 new stories with an introduction by Grant. SIGNED by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro at her story "The Spider Glass." Other contributors include Stephen King ("The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"), Tanith Lee, Ramsey Campbell, John Shirley and William Gibson and more. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-385-189435.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, rear endpaper removed, in a very good marked dust jacket (tear to front flap of dj)
Book ID: 83698More details Price: $24.50 -
SHADOWS 6 (Six.)
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine and unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 57149More details Price: $25.00 -
SHADOWS 6 (Six.)
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Laid in is a promotional card also SIGNED by Morrell.
Book ID: 52115More details Price: $50.00 -
SHADOWS 8.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An original anthology containing 17 stories with an introduction by Grant. SIGNED by Nina Kiriki Hoffman at her story 'The Shadow of the Hawk.' Other stories include Do I Dare to Eat a Peach' by Yarbro, The Blind Man by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; A Demon in Rosewood by Sharon Webb; Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder; Everything's Going to Be All Right by Gene DeWeese; Cycles by Kim Antieau; The Tuckahoe by Nancy Etchemendy; Between the Windows of the Sea by Jack Dann; The Battering by Steve Rasnic Tem; Toy by Bill Pronzini; The Man Who Loved Water by Craig Shaw Gardner; Sand by Alan Ryan; and more. ISBN: 0-385-19823x.
Condition: Ex-library with markings and significant reading wear, in a good unmarked dust jacket (some discoloration to the edge of the front cover and front flap of dj.)
Book ID: 56490More details Price: $15.00 -
SHADOWS 3 (Three.)
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology with 12 "fascinating and original stories of the macabre and bizarre" SIGNED by William Nolan at his story "The Partnership." Also includes stories by Davis Grubb, Ray Russell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbo, Pat Murphy and more. Edited and with an introduction by Charles Grant. ix 211 pp. ISBN: 0-385-157770.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (a bit of rubbing to the dj)
Book ID: 83296More details Price: $31.50 -
BLOOD SISTERS: Vampire Stories by Women.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (issued as a trade paperback original )
New York: Night Shade Books, (2015). Collects 25 vampire stories by Nalo Hopkinson, Charlaine Harris, Elizabeth Bear, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Caitlin Kiernan, Tanith Lee, Angela Slater, Pat Cadigan and others, selected and with an introduction by Paula Guran. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Elizabeth Bear, Pat Cadigan and Catherynne Valente. 475 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated black wrappers.
Book ID: 64526More details Price: $30.00 -
MUMMY! A Chrestomathy of Crypt-ology.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arbor House, (1980.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology edited and with an introduction by Pronzini; contains stories by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Barry N. Malzberg, Tennessee Williams, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Joe Lansdale and more. SIGNED by TWO authors - on the title page by Pronzini and at his story "The Princess" by Joe R. Lansdale. . Bibliography. 201 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-271x.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (wear to ends of spine of dj.).
Book ID: 52420More details Price: $40.00 -
PULPHOUSE: The Hardback Magazine, Issue Nine, Fall 1990.
Edition: First trade edition.
Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of 1000 numbered copies. An anthology of dark fantasy stories. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Joe R. Lansdale at 'the Pit', Harry Turtledove at 'Honeymouth' and Nina Kiriki Hoffman at 'Housewife.' This also includes stories by Melinda Snodgrass, Nancy Collins, Lisa Tuttle, Steve Perry, William Wu, and others. 259 pages. Statement of limitation tipped in at rear of book.
Condition: Fine (as new) in black leatherette with green metallic lettering, no dj as issued.
Book ID: 25512More details Price: $40.00 -
PULPHOUSE: The Hardback Magazine, Issue Nine, Fall 1990.
Edition: First trade edition.
Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of 1000 numbered copies. An anthology of dark fantasy stories. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: Turtledove at 'Honeymouth; ' Nina Kiriki Hoffman at 'Housewife' ; Joe R. Lansdale at 'the Pit', and William F. Wu at 'Wild Garlic.' Includes stories by Harry Turtledove, Melinda Snodgrass, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, William Wu, Joe R. Lansdale, Lisa Tuttle, Nancy Collins, S. P. Somtow, Kelley Eskridge, Steve Perry and others. 259 pages. Statement of limitation tipped in at rear of book.
Condition: Fine (a new copy) in black leatherette with green metallic lettering, no dj as issued.
Book ID: 18124More details Price: $50.00 -
SPLATTERPUNKS II: OVER THE EDGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Anthology collecting 29 stories (many original) Includes contributions by Nancy A. Collins, Clive Barker, Martin Amis, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Poppy Z. Brite, Christa Faust and others.SIGNED by Christa Faust at her story "Epiphany." Edited and with introductions to each story by Paul Sammon. 415 pp. ISBN: 0-312-8544555.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 68114More details Price: $30.00 -
WHISPERS IV.
Edition: First edition.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Anthology based on the award-winning horror magazine - includes stories by Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, Russell Kirk, Hugh B. Cave, William F. Nolan, Tanith Lee, Richard Christian Matheson and more. SIGNED by TWO authors: by David Drake at his story "The Dancer in the Flames" and by William Nolan at "Fair Trade." Wraparound dust jacket art by Stephen E. Fabian. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-385-149670.
Condition: Ex-library with markings and significant reading wear, but in a good dust jacket. (price-clipped.)
Book ID: 45556More details Price: $20.00 -
RUNNING WITH THE PACK.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Prime Books, (2010.). SIGNED first edition - An interesting anthology of stories about werewolves, including some original stories, edited and with an introduction by Sedia. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: Carrie Vaughn at "Wild Ride", Laura Anne Gilman at "Werelove", Mike Resnick at "Royal Bloodlines" and Susan Palwick at "Gestella." Also includes stories by N. K. Jemisin, Jeffrey Ford, C. E. Murphy and more. 339 pp plus notes on the contributors. ISBN: 978-1607012191.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (an unread copy)
Book ID: 51365More details Price: $35.00 -
POE'S CHILDREN: The New Horror.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology of horror and suspense tales selected by Straub to represent what he thinks are the best of the genre over the last two decades. Contributors include Elizabeth Hand, Ramsey Campbell, Jonathan Carroll, Thomas Tessier, David J. Schow, Thomas Ligotti, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, John Crowley, Peter Straub, Joe Hill and more. SIGNED by TWO authors: by Ellen Klages at her story 'The Green Glass Sea' and twice by David Schow on the table of contents and at his story 'Plot Twist.' Notes on the authors. x, 534 pp. ISBN: 978-0385522830.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot)
Book ID: 66945More details Price: $40.00 -
MASQUES: All New Works Of Horror And The Supernatural.
Edition: First edition.
Baltimore, MD: . Maclay & Associates, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: by William Nolan at 'Trust Not a Man' , Joe R Lansdale at 'Down by the Sea near the Great Big Rock' , Richard Christian Matheson at 'Third Wind' and by Dennis Etchison at "Somebody Like You." Original fiction by Charles Beaumont, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Dennis Etchison, Joe R. Lansdale, Robert McCammon, Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, William F. Nolan, Ray Russell Charles L. Grant, F. Paul Wilson, Gene Wolfe and others: 308 pp. ISBN: 0-940776-189.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (corner of a few pages bumped, light edgewear to dj. - text on flaps of dj. )
Book ID: 48448More details Price: $50.00 -
FIREFLY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1990). Hardcover first edition - "A master of the fantastic comes back to reality, and conjures a classic horror story: a tale of attraction and repulsion of the most primitive sort. He invents a creature of nightmare, a mysterious force that lures its victims with the raw, irresistible poewr of sex itself." Author's note. 384 pp. ISBN: 0-688097057.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68744More details Price: $16.50 -
INCUBUS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (crease to rear cover).
Book ID: 90326More details Price: $17.50 -
FRANKENSTEIN'S BRIDE with Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN or The Modern Prometheus.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Naperville,IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, (2007). First edition - From the back cover:"The sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with Mary Shelley's unabridged Frankenstein included. Hilary Bailey has created a classic horror story in the vein of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein-and a monster even more terrifying than the original." Bailey's book was originally published in the UK in 1995; thjs edition includes a new introduction to Shelley's book by Bailey. xxi, 236, 253 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 73067More details Price: $18.50 -
SACRAMENT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An ambitious novel by Barker, neither horror nor fantasy, although containing elements of both - the story of Will Rabjohns, a noted wildlife photographer, who is left almost dead by an enounter with an Alaskan bear. ISBN: 0-06-017949x.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 32219More details Price: $16.50 -
IN THE FLESH, Tales of Terror
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Poseidon Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - His second collection of short fiction - 4 pieces that have Stephen King saying that Barker is 'better than I am' 221 pp. Dust jacket by by Fred Marcellino,. ISBN: 0-671-626876.
Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dustjacket (remainder mark.)
Book ID: 77567More details Price: $19.50