Stephen Jones - The Mammoth Book of Terror

Acknowledgments

Introduction:

Recreating the Terror

Fruiting Bodies

BRIAN LUMLEY

Needle Song

CHARLES L. GRANT

Turbo-Satan

CHRISTOPHER FOWLER

Talking in the Dark

DENNIS ETCHISON

The Circus

SYDNEY J. BOUNDS

Foet

F. PAUL WILSON

The Candle in the Skull

BASIL COPPER

The Chimney

RAMSEY CAMPBELL

Dark Wings

PHYLLIS EISENSTEIN

Reflection of Evil

GRAHAM MASTERTON

Mirror of the Night

E.C. TUBB

Maypole

BRIAN MOONEY

Under the Crust

TERRY LAMSLEY

Tir Nan Og

LISA TUTTLE

A Living Legend

R. CHETWYND-HAYES

Wake-Up Call

DAVID J. SCHOW

The Fourth Seal

KARL EDWARD WAGNER

Unlocked

TANITH LEE & JOHN KAIINE

Closing Time

NEIL GAIMAN

It Was the Heat

PAT CADIGAN

Fodder

TIM LEBBON & BRIAN KEENE

Open Doors

MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH

Andromeda Among the Stones

CAITLN R. KIERNAN

Flowers on Their Bridles, Hooves in the Air

GLEN HIRSHBERG

Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Morgue or: Children of Marx and Coca-Cola

KIM NEWMAN

Among the Wolves

DAVID CASE

INTRODUCTION: RECREATING THE TERROR copyright Stephen Jones 2004.

FRUITING BODIES copyright Brian Lumley 1988. Originally published in Weird Tales No. 291, Summer 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agents, Dorian Literary Agency.

NEEDLE SONG copyright Gary Hoppenstand 1979. Originally published in Midnight Sun Number 5. Reprinted by permission of the author.

TURBO-SATAN copyright Christopher Fowler 2004.

TALKING IN THE DARK copyright Dennis Etchison 1984. Originally published in Shadows 7. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE CIRCUS copyright Sydney J. Bounds 1980. Originally published in The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories. Reprinted by permission of the author and the authors agents, Cosmos Literary Agency.

FOET copyright F. Paul Wilson 1991. Originally published in Borderlands 2: An Anthology of Imaginative Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE CANDLE IN THE SKULL copyright Basil Copper 1984. Originally published in Halloween Hauntings. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE CHIMNEY copyright Stuart David Schiff 1977. Originally published in Whispers: An Anthology of Fantasy and Horror. Reprinted by permission of the author.

DARK WINGS copyright Phyllis Eisenstein 1982. Originally published in Shadows 5. Reprinted by permission of the author.

REFLECTION OF EVIL copyright Graham Masterton 2004. Originally published in an abridged version as Half-Sick of Shadows on www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires. Reprinted by permission of the author.

MIRROR OF THE NIGHT copyright E.C. Tubb 1988. Originally published in Fantasy Annual #2. Reprinted by permission of the author and the authors agents, Cosmos Literary Agency.

MAYPOLE copyright Brian Mooney 2004.

UNDER THE CRUST copyright Terry Lamsley 1993. Originally published in Under the Crust. Reprinted by permission of the author.

TIR NAN OG copyright Lisa Tuttle 1999. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1999. Reprinted by permission of the author.

A LIVING LEGEND copyright R. Chetwynd-Hayes 1982. Originally published in Tales from Beyond. Reprinted by permission of the authors Estate.

WAKE-UP CALL copyright David J. Schow 2004.

THE FOURTH SEAL copyright Stuart David Schiff 1981. Originally published in Whispers III. Reprinted by permission of The Karl Edward Wagner Literary Group.

UNLOCKED copyright Tanith Lee and John Kaiine 2004.

CLOSING TIME copyright Neil Gaiman 2003. Originally published in McSweenys Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales. Reprinted by permission of the author.

IT WAS THE HEAT copyright Pat Cadigan 1988. Originally published in Tropical Chills. Reprinted by permission of the author.

FODDER copyright Tim Lebbon and Brian Keene 2002. Originally published in Shivers. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

OPEN DOORS copyright Michael Marshall Smith 2003. Originally published in More Tomorrow & Other Stories. Reprinted by permission of the author.

ANDROMEDA AMONG THE STONES copyright Caitln R. Kiernan 2002. Originally published in Andromeda Among the Stones. Reprinted by permission of the author.

FLOWERS ON THEIR BRIDLES, HOOVES IN THE AIR copyright Glen Hirshberg 2003. Originally published on SciFi.com, August 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author and the authors agents, Anderson Grinberg Literary Management, Inc.

AMERIKANSKI DEAD AT THE MOSCOW MORGUE OR: CHILDREN OF MARX AND COCA-COLA copyright Kim Newman 1999. Originally published in 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense. Reprinted by permission of the author.

AMONG THE WOLVES copyright David Case 1971. Originally published in Fengriffen: A Chilling Tale. Reprinted by permission of the author.

This one is for Jay,

part of my extended Chicago family by marriage, my good friend and drinking companion by choice.

THE FIRST BOOK I ever edited in the hugely successful Mammoth series was The Mammoth Book of Terror back in 1991.

At the time, I wanted to assemble a hefty, non-themed horror anthology featuring some classic stories by many of the biggest names in the field, along with a scattering of tales that would be original to the book.

The result was more successful than I could have imagined. The volume was reprinted in the UK and went through four printings in the United States. There was also a hardcover version, various budget editions and even an Italian translation. Even more importantly, the book was a precursor to an entire series of Mammoth titles that I have continued to edit up to this day.

So when I was offered the opportunity to put together this follow-up volume, I naturally jumped at the chance. There are still many superb stories of horror and dark fantasy that, for one reason or another are not currently in print, or have never been previously published on one side of the Atlantic or the other.

It is therefore my pleasure to welcome back to this volume such esteemed authors as Ramsey Campbell, Basil Copper, Dennis Etchison, Brian Lumley, Graham Masterton, David J. Schow, Lisa Tuttle and F. Paul Wilson. Although they are no longer with us, R. Chetwynd-Hayes and Karl Edward Wagner are also both remembered with examples of their finest work, which will most likely be unfamiliar to many readers.

Such other respected names as Sydney J. Bounds, Phyllis Eisenstein, Charles L. Grant and E.C. Tubb are also represented with classic tales of unease, and there is more recent or original work from Pat Cadigan, Christopher Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Glen Hirshberg, Caitln R. Kiernan, Terry Lamsley, Brian Mooney, Kim Newman and Michael Marshall Smith, many of whom were only just starting their professional careers when the first volume of