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epub | 8.96 MB | English| Isbn:978-0-307-78187-1 | Author: Dan Simmons | Year: 1990
Description:
Quote:From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind.Category:Awards, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Other Fantasy Fiction Categories, Short Story Collections, Horror, Other Science Fiction Categories, Fantasy Short Stories, Horror Short Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy - Other, Science Fiction Short Stories, 1991 Bram Stoker Award Winners, Collection->Bram Stoker Award Winners
A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . .
An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . .
During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . .
Includes the following stories:
"The River Styx Runs Upstream"
"Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams"
"Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell"
"Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle"
"Remembering Siri"
"Metastasis"
"The Offering"
"E-Ticket to 'Namland"
"Iverson's Pits"
"Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites"
"The Death of the Centaur"
"Two Minutes and Forty-Five Seconds"
"Carrion Comfort"