Tems

Blood Kin is told from the dual points of view of Michael Gibson and of his grandmother Sadie. Michael has returned to the quiet Appalachian home of his forebears following a suicide attempt and now takes care of his grandmother--old and sickly but with an important story to tell about growing up poor and Melungeon (a mixed race group of mysterious origin) while bedeviled by a snake-handling uncle and empathic powers she but barely understands. In...

From the master of suspense comes a collection of contemporary literary horror, with stories from twenty-five writers representing today's most talented voices in the genre.

Daniel is trapped in Ubo. He has no idea how long he has been imprisoned there by the roaches. Every resident has a similar memory of the journey to Ubo: a dream of dry, chitinous wings crossing the moon, the gigantic insects dropping swiftly over the houses of the neighborhood, passing through walls and windows as if by magic, or science. The creatures, like a deck of baroquely ornamented cards, fanning themselves from one hidden world into the next....

Presents twenty-one stories--four published for the first time--that explore fundamental fears including death, loss, grief, and aging.

A collection of ten horror stories by Hungary's leading horror writer.

Thirty modern masters of fright and fantasy fill this anthology with explorations of both sides of the veil.

A collection of weird and fantastic fiction edited by S.T. Joshi. "Weird fiction" is a term used for the works of authors such as Lovecraft, Bierce, Poe, and many others. This collection of short stories by authors writing today has been built around the common theme of "the Weird Place". While honoring the works of the classics, the styles represented are as varied as the authors chosen by Joshi.