New York: Arbor House, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third novel. Dust jacket praise from such diverse writers as Stephen King ('a gorgeous, frightening, imaginative, loving, unsettling, funny, gruesome, thought-provoking novel'), Pat Conroy ('I think he's an absolute original, a novelist of rare and terrifying power') and Stanislaw Lem ('amazing, perplexing and unforgettable.') SIGNED on the title page. 217 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-9374.

New York: Arbor House, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His third novel. Dust jacket praise from such diverse writers as Stephen King ('a gorgeous, frightening, imaginative, loving, unsettling, funny, gruesome, thought-provoking novel'), Pat Conroy ('I think he's an absolute original, a novelist of rare and terrifying power') and Stanislaw Lem ('amazing, perplexing and unforgettable.') 217 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-9374.

New York: Avon, 1990. Author's wonderful third novel, which was praised by such diverse writers as Stephen King ('a gorgeous, frightening, imaginative, loving, unsettling, funny, gruesome, thought-provoking novel'), Pat Conroy ('I think he's an absolute original, a novelist of rare and terrifying power') and Stanislaw Lem ('amazing, perplexing and unforgettable.') . ISBN: 0-380-706881.

New York: TOR, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - A return to more overt fantasy (as in his award winning earlier novels) by this author who 'writes ghost stories the way Henry James, Edith Wharton and Shirley Jackson did.' Pat Conroy called Carroll 'an extraordinary writer . . . a novelist of rare and terrifying power.'. ISBN: 0-312-971937.

New York: The Viking Press, (1983) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His rather hard to find second novel, the story of a young man living in Vienna, Austria (as Carroll himself does), striving to make his way as a writer and to come to terms with his past. Pat Conroy calls the "most frightening novel I've read since Dracula. I thought it was a love story and it was. Then I thought it was a ghost story, and it was, sort of . . . it is a stunning, magical, wonderful novel." SIGNED on the title page. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-670-49240X.

New York: TOR, 2001. First edition - A combination of realism and the uncanny, as the police chief of a small upstate New York town begins to encounter strange and unsettling omens. 302 pp

New York: Doubleday, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - His fourth novel - a "sophisticated supernatural thriller that collapses the boundary between fantasy and reality.". ISBN: 0-385-249578.

New York: Harper & Row, (1978). Hardcover first edition - The first (and only) novel by this award-winning playwright and screenwriter, the story of a young scientist's experiment with sensory deprivation - "entombed in an isolation tank and fed with a powerful hallucinogenic drug in an attempt to find the origins of consciousness." Basis for the 1980 film directed by Ken Russell and starring William Hurt in his first movie. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-060107278.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1964) dj. Hardcover - A novel of quiet and gradually building horror - from the dust jacket: "The scene is an Alpine skiing chalet, a small and isolated hotel run by a pleasant English couple. The guests are normal, ordinary holiday-makers. There is perhaps a hint of tension . . . but this is to be expected in a small hotel. . . . But an avalanche suddenly cuts the chalet off from the surrounding world and one by one, the guests are caught up in a terrifying nightmare." 252 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.

New York: Vanguard, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A haunting novella of the supernatural - 'if you lost someone you loved, what would you pay to bring them back from the dead?' Illustrated with drawings by Glenn Chadbourne. 113 pp. ISBN: 9781593155407.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Medical thriller and horror story, "plot to confer imortality on a select, elite group of government scientists - a plot of such fendish, cold brutality and evil that it has been kept secret - including from most of those who might one day benefit."

Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast - Discoveries, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A subtle ghost story, part supernatural , part mystery - years after their death, a man returns to his parent's North Carolina farm only to slowly begin to realize, now that he's home, that something is trying to make sure he stays there. The author's first original novel and the debut of our new imprint dedicated to showcasing the best new voices in speculative fiction. SIGNED on the title page. 375 pp. ISBN: 978-0786948567.

New York: St Martin's, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Contains 47 short stories, five poems and essays by Patricia A. McKillip, Jonathan Carroll, Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Yolen, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Charles de Lint, Kelly Eskridge, Neil Gaiman, Jack Womack Harlan Ellison, M. John Harrison,and many others.. SIGNED by Michael Marshall Smith at his story "Rain Falls." List of honorable mentions. 542 pp. ISBN: 0-312-03007X.

New York: Hachette, (2014). SIGNED first edition - A novel which "explores the battle between good and evil, in the city that never sleeps." SIGNED on the title page. 225 pp.

New York: Hachette, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which "explores the battle between good and evil, in the city that never sleeps."SIGNED on the title page. 225 pp. ISBN: 978-1401324711.

New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover - 'A mesmerizing novel of suspense and supernatural horror-set in the recent past and a near future grislier than anyone could possibly imagine-in which the caduceus, the winged, serpentine emblem of the physician's healing art, becomes the ultimate instrument of corruption and death.' Finalist for the 1992 Bram Stoker Award for best novel. Dustjacket praise from Dean Koontz and Stephen King (who says 'The M.D. is simply one of the best novels of horror-fantasy I've ever read.') 401 pp. ISBN: 0-394-58662X.

New York: Harper & Row, (1984). First edition - The author's first horror novel, the story of a "morally repulsive Twin Cities executive who murders his estranged wife and attempts to go back to business as usual, until she returns sets about arranging his divine retribution. With help from her dead mother and the ghost of poet John Berryman-thoroughly bored of suburban sances and all too eager to lend a hand-Giselle undertakes the elaborate, righteous, and wickedly amusing haunting of her husband." An uncommon advance issue. 297 pp.

New York: Guild America Books, (1996.) dj. Hardcover - The first hardcover edition of these four novels - Red Death; Death and the Maiden; Death Masque; Dance of Death - which comprise the Jonathan Barrett series set during the years of the American Revolution. Originally published in paperback between 1993 and 1996. 954 pp. Dust jacket by Maren. ISBN: 1568651880.

New York: Dutton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A gothic-horror novel set in a small town in Kansas (although PW notes that this story of "a loony town mortician who systematically murders people in order to keep his business afloat is more funny than horrifying." 265 pp. ISBN: 1-55611382X.

New York: Abyss / Dell Publishing, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A world of lost order. A voyage into the mist of agonizing terror." SIGNED on the title page. 354 pp.

Los Angeles: The Scream Press (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collection of thirteen dark fantasy and "wildly original horror stories" by this award-winning author. Six full-page illustrations by J. K. Potter. Illustrated endpapers. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-910489181.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Anthology based on the award-winning horror magazine - in addition to the contributors shown above, this includes stories by Russell Kirk, Richard Christian Matheson, Hugh B. Cave, Ray Russell and more. SIGNED by THREE authors: Dennis Etchison at his story "We Have All Been Here Before" ; David Drake at "The Red Leer" and Richard Christian Matheson at "Conversation Piece." 8 page insert of art from the magazine. Wraparound dust jacket art by Tim Kirk. A World-Fantasy Award nominee for Best Anthology. 237 pp. ISBN: 0-385-149670.

New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The epic story that began with 'The Fury' reaches its electrifying conclusion, as unsuspecting worlds merge on the cusp of an age of darkness - a force only one woman, across a vast span of time and space, can stop." 350 pp. ISBN: 0-312-877323.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Set in upstate New York, this modern tale of terror is the story an ordinary world turned hellish. SIGNED on the title page. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-385-236239.

San Diego, CA: Valcour & Krueger, Inc, (for Shroud, Publishers) 1978. First edition - SIGNED by Foster on the title page. Volume 4 in the Library Lovecraftian - this story, the Cthluhu appears on a beach near Santa Barbara, California. One of 995 copies. A slim volume, just 50 pp., including a publisher's afterword and 5 pp of advertisements for other titles.

Palm Beach, FL: M Press/Medallion Press Inc, (2008). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel. "Standing five-stories tall in a relatively small city, the Howard Phillips building is like any other building: it is secretly inhabited by an entity from another plane of existence that feeds off the energy of the people who work within its walls." SIGNED on the title page. 397 pages. Cover illustration by Adam Mock. ISBN: 978-1933836409.

Palm Beach, FL: M Press/Medallion Press Inc, (2006). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, nominated for the Bram Stoker award. This copy has been "It seems that several liftimes ago, Rick, then Thomas, spurned a woman named Abigail. Not a good idea. Because Abigail's great at holding a grudge, some of her best friends are demons, and she's dedicated to keeping a promise she made ot Rick long, long ago." SIGNED on the title page. 418 pages. Cover illustration by Adam Mock. ISBN: 978-1932815696.

Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novella about a plastic surgeon, a true artist at his craft, published in a limited edition with cover art by Tomislav Tikulin. "Being a doctor empowers you in ways civilians cannot imagine, and Terry has helped the rich and famous of Hollywood stay young and perfect for years past their prime. He thinks he's seen everything, but he hasn't seen someone like Brittany before.. . Even more repulsive, she was starting to smile. Her teeth were horrifically staggered." ", SIGNED by the author and numbered 244 out of 750 copies on the limitation page. New in dust jacket. 86 pp. ISBN: 978-1587673566.

New York: Pocket Books, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The ultimate in erotic horror." Includes stories by Nancy Holder, Grant Morrison, Thomas Tessier, John Shirley, Matthew Costello, David J. Schow, Elizabeth Massie, Rex Miller, Bentley Little, Graham Masterton, J. L. Comeau, Ron Dee, Chris Lacher, Graham Watkins and more. . Author biographies. Originally issued as a paperback this is the first and only hardcover edition. xii, 256 pp.