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Blurb: “FANTASY ANNUAL IV edited by Terry Carr
Terry Carr, one of the most highly respected editors in the SF and fantasy fields, has compiled an exciting anthology that explores the farthest reaches of the human imagination in such stories as:
"The Monkey" by Stephen King. Long ago in Hal Shelburn's childhood had lived the most frightening toy of all: a monkey which grinned in toothy, fiendish glee— a wind-up toy with "Made in Hong Kong" written on the bottom-a toy that was broken most of the time. But sometimes it clapped its cymbals... and then somebody died. Finally, in fear and despera-tion, young Hal destroyed it.
Or so he believed, until years later, when he had young sons of his own.
Now the monkey has emerged once more, grinning and hideous, its cymbals crashing as if to herald death. And Hal knows that this time the toy is playing a game with the lives of himself, his wife and his sons— and Hal must destroy the thing, or die in the attempt....
"Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee
Charnas. Although Dr. Floria Landauer has experience in treating many ills of the modern human mind, her new patient baffles her. For his illness is more ancient than most: He believes that he is a vam-pire. Though during the day he poses as Dr. Edward Lewis Weyland, a respectable college professor,
at night he seduces healthy and desirable men and women to slake his thirst. Now Floria sees herself as his savior- -but if she fails, she may be his next victim....A Nebula winner.
"The Brave Little Toaster" by Thomas
M. Disch. A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances,
Once upon a time, there was a lovely summer cottage in the woods near a lake. In the cottage lived a toaster, a lamp, a radio, a vacuum cleaner and an electric blanket. But when their master abandoned the cottage, his appliances, feeling rejected, undertook a perilous journey through the woods and the city streets, in search of their owner...Nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
With other fantastic tales by Robert Aickman, Edward Bryant, Richard Cowper, Bob Leman, Pat Murphy, Mary C. Pangborn, and Stephen Tall.