DARK STARS - New Tales of Darkest Horror

Taff, John F. D. (editor) (Ramsey Campbell; Gemma Files; Caroline Kepnes; Priya Sharma; Livia Llewellyn; Stephen Graham Jones; Chesya Burke; Alma Katsu; Josh Malerman; Usman T. Malik; John Langan)

ISBN 10: 1250817323 / ISBN 13: 9781250817327

Published by Tor Nightfire, New York, 2022

About this Item

(xvi) 352 pp. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; red endpapers; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Foreword by Josh Malerman; Introduction by John F. D. Taff; A Life in Nightmares by Ramsey Campbell; The Sanguintalist by Gemma Files; The Attentionist by Caroline Kepnes; Papa Eye by Priya Sharma; Volcano by Livia Llewellyn; All Things He Called Memories by Stephen Graham Jones; Trinity River Blues by Chesya Burke; The Familiar's Assistant by Alma Katsu; Mrs. Addison's Nest by Josh Malerman; Challawa by Usman T. Malik; Enough for Hunger and Enough for Hate by John Langan; and Afterword by Ramsey Campbell. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DARK STARS - New Tales of Darkest Horror
• Publisher: Tor Nightfire, New York
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250817323
• ISBN 13: 9781250817327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Horror

About this title

Synopsis

Dark Stars, edited by John F.D. Taff, is a tribute to horror’s longstanding short fiction legacy, featuring 12 terrifying original stories from today's most noteworthy authors.

Within these pages you’ll find tales of dead men walking, an insidious secret summer fling, an island harboring unspeakable power, and a dark hallway that beckons. You’ll encounter terrible monsters―both human and supernatural―and be forever changed. The stories in Dark Stars run the gamut from traditional to modern, from dark fantasy to neo-noir, from explorations of beloved horror tropes to the unknown―possibly unknowable―threats.

It’s all in here because it’s all out there, now, in horror.

Dark Stars features all-new stories from the following award-winning authors and up-and-coming voices: Chesya Burke, Ramsey Campbell, Gemma Files, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, Caroline Kepnes, John Langan, Livia Llewellyn, Josh Malerman, Usman T. Malik, Priya Sharma, and John F.D. Taff. Created as an homage to the 1980 classic horror anthology Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley, Dark Stars features an afterword from original contributor Ramsey Campbell―a poignant finale to this bone-chilling collection.

About the Author

John F.D. Taff is a Bram Stoker Award short-listed horror and dark fiction author with more than 25 years experience, and more than 100 short stories and seven novels in print. He has appeared in Cemetery Dance, Eldritch Tales, Unnerving, Deathrealm, Big Pulp and One Buck Horror. Recent anthology contributions include The Seven Deadliest and I Can Hear the Shadows. Taff's novella collection, The End in All Beginnings, was called one of the best novella collections by Jack Ketchum and was a Stoker Award Finalist.