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Blurb: “THE YEARS BEST HORROR STORIES
You are now holding Series XII, nineteen stories representing the cream of the crop of 1983's harvest of horrors. This collection is the result of a year's work, of reading through hundreds of stories published in books and magazines of all descriptions from the United States and Europe in order to select the best of the best. Many of the top authors in the horror genre are represented here, but alongside them you will find exceptional work from new and unfamiliar writers...
Virtually all types of horror fiction are represented here: traditional, New Wave, historical, contemporary, psychological, science fiction, mainstream. The only criterion for selection was excellence. The Year's Best Horror Stories is intended for the novice horror fan as well as the jaded sophisticate, and Series XII is the latest collection of the very best for those readers who expect the very best.
Contents:
- 11 • Introduction: Of Fads and Frights • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
- 17 • Uncle Otto's Truck • [Castle Rock] • (1983) • short story by Stephen King
- 36 • 3.47 AM • (1983) • short story by David Langford
- 46 • Mistral • (1983) • short story by Jon Wynne-Tyson
- 60 • Out of Africa • (1983) • short story by David Drake
- 68 • The Wall-Painting • (1983) • short story by Roger Johnson
- 84 • Keepsake • (1983) • short story by Vincent McHardy
- 93 • Echoes • (1983) • short story by Lawrence C. Connolly
- 97 • After-Images • (1983) • short story by Malcolm Edwards
- 111 • The Ventriloquist's Daughter • (1983) • short story by Juleen Brantingham
- 119 • Come to the Party • (1983) • short story by Frances Garfield
- 128 • The Chair • (1983) • novelette by Dennis Etchison
- 149 • Names • (1983) • short story by Jane Yolen
- 155 • The Attic • (1983) • short story by Billy Wolfenbarger
- 163 • Just Waiting • (1983) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
- 175 • One for the Horrors • (1983) • short story by David J. Schow
- 187 • Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) • (1983) • novelette by Tanith Lee
- 210 • Spring-Fingered Jack • non-genre • (1983) • short story by Susan Casper
- 214 • The Flash! Kid • (1983) • short story by Scott Bradfield
- 227 • The Man with Legs • (1983) • short story by Al Sarrantonio