FINAL SHADOWS

Grant, Charles L. (editor) (Brian Lumley; Craig Shaw Gardner; Tanith Lee; Sharon Webb; Wendy Webb; David Morrell; Stephen Gallagher; Julie R. Good; Brian Hodge; Melanie Tem; Bill Pronzini; Peter Tremayne; Nancy Holder; Norman Partridge; Samantha Lee)

ISBN 10: 038524732X / ISBN 13: 9780385247320

Published by Doubleday - A Foundation Book, New York, 1991

About this Item

(xiv) 490 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on dark gray boards; lettered in silver on the spine; headband. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Christopher Zacharow. This anthology contains: The Picnickers - a novelette by Brian Lumley; Going Away by Craig Shaw Gardner; The Mermaid by Tanith Lee; The Door by Sharon Webb; The Boarder by Wendy Webb; The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves - a novelette by David Morrell; Magpie by Stephen Gallagher; Fastening by Julie R. Good; Past Tense by Brian Hodge; Under the Boardwalk by Lori Negridge Allen; Fry Day by Melanie Tem; Out Behind the Shed by Bill Pronzini; Fear A' Ghorta by Peter Tremayne; The Sweetest Rain by Nancy Holder; Wrong Side of the Road by Norman Partridge; Island of the Seals by Samantha Lee; Thirteen Lies About Hummingbirds by Michael Bishop; The Stone Face by Colin Greenland; Medusa's Child by Kim Antieau; The Tape by Jessica Palmer; The Dark Places in Between by Karen Haber; I'll See You on Saturday Night by Guy N. Smith; Beijing Craps - a novelette by Graham Masterton; Samhain by Bernard Taylor; Rescheduled by Mike Chinn; A Father's Dream by Chet Williamson; The Magic House by Lynn S. Hightower; When They Gave Us Memory by Dennis Etchison; A Sailor's Pay by Jack Cady; Something About Camilla by Juleen Brantingham; Parallax by Nicholas Royle; Photo Call by David Sutton; Against the Skin by Mark Morris; Of Natural Causes by Ashley McConnell; Mulberry's Crystal by Brian Mooney and Stephen Jones; and Together by David S. Garnett. Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 231036

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FINAL SHADOWS
• Publisher: Doubleday - A Foundation Book, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038524732X
• ISBN 13: 9780385247320
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Christopher Zacharow
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Horror

About this title

Synopsis

Gathers horror stories by Bill Pronzini, Michael Bishop, Tanith Lee, Lynn S. Hightower, Dennis Etchison, David Morrell, Jessica Palmer, and Guy N. Smith

Reviews

After a dozen years and volumes, editor Grant has decided to call it quits--so the present compilation of 36 dark fantasy stories will be the last. Featured is the usual pleasant, often rather bland mix of English and American yarns, some by newcomers, others from seasoned professionals such as Michael Bishop (seducer meets his match), Graham Masterton (gambling for longevity), Tanith Lee (mermaids), Bill Pronzini (premonition of murder), Dennis Etchison (memory), and David Morrell (child murders). Elsewhere, with one or two exceptions, the standard is about average, with variations touching upon: victims, vengeance, identities, gypsies, carnivals, famines, rain, seal people, evil rocks, psychic vampires, curses, old gods, trains, haunted houses, dreams, coast guards, doors, photographs, wakes, and occult arts. A solid and readable batch, in general, but unexciting and somewhat monotonous, with the editorial fizz mostly dissipated. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.