Etchison's fiction is justly famous for its creepy ambience, and explores the terrain mapped out by Philip K. Dick, Thomas Harris, and any number of black and white horror movies. This is his legendary first collection, carefully corrected by the author for this new edition. The title story won both the World Fantasy Award and the British Fantasy Award in 1982, the first time a single work received both major awards. Contents include sixteen groundbreaking stories and an introduction by Ramsey Campbell. "It Only Comes Out at Night""Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly""The Walking Man""We Have All Been Here Before""Daughter of the Golden West""The Pitch""You Can Go Now""Today's Special""The Machine Demands a Sacrifice""Calling All Monsters""The Dead Line""The Late Shift""The Nighthawk""It Will Be Here Soon""Deathtracks""The Dark Country"
A fully dramatized radio drama from Fangoria’s Dreadtime Stories to thrill you and chill you!
In Talking in the Dark, Victor Rippon is a lonely man from a small town. Ever since his wife left him, he’s lived a quiet, bleak existence, with no friends to speak of. His only real interest is his favorite writer, Rex Christian. Victor is obsessed with Rex’s horror stories, which somehow seem more real to him than his own boring life. Why do Rex’s stories have such hypnotic power over his readers? As Christmas draws near, Victor has a chance encounter with Rex and learns the answer to this and to the age-old question, where does a writer really get his ideas?
“One hell of a fiction writer.”—Stephen King, praise for the author
A busy executive can’t find enough time in his week to keep his boss and his girlfriend satisfied. This problem is quickly solved when a strange old man with a mysterious invention gives him all the time he needs – but at what price?
A small time hustler who’s down on his luck and running from the mob seeks the help of an old woman, Mrs. Pierce, to help him save his older brother’s life.
Ever wonder what the dead might have to say when they are alone with one another? It turns out that the dead are neither comical nor menacing. They are just tired and lost and in search of peace. They are people like you and me who want to rest now that their work is done.
The problem is, the system wants to continue to exploit them even beyond death. It's a grim proposition but the logical extension of our society when a sinister company reanimates corpses in order to provide free labor for the late night shifts in stores and garages.
Hosted by Malcolm McDowell and commissioned by Fangoria-America's #1 source for horror-this original short story is fully dramatized to thrill and chill you!
