Saguaro Riptide

This outstanding anthology of original stories — from both established award-winning authors and exciting new voices — collects tales of cosmic horror inspired by Lovecraft from authors who do not merely imitate, but reimagine, re-energize, and renew the best of his concepts in ways relevant to today’s readers, to create fresh new fiction that explores our modern fears and nightmares. From the depths of R’lyeh to the heights of the Mountains of Madness, some of today’s best weird fiction writers traverse terrain created by Lovecraft and create new eldritch geographies to explore . . .

Пориньте у справжнє жахіття! Десятьох майстрів горору — Кінга, Страуба, Партриджа, Кетчама, Ґормана, Баркера, Фримана, Літтла, Келлі, Тема — зібрано під однією обкладинкою з єдиною метою: полоскотати ваші нерви! Під час читання залишайте світло ввімкненим, бо не раз і не два вам здаватиметься, що поруч із вами хтось є… Може, це лялька Доллі з однойменного оповідання чи дівчинка з «Миттєвої вічності», яку може бачити лише одна людина?..

Halloween, 1963. They call him the October Boy, or Ol' Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever the name, everybody in this small Midwestern town knows who he is. How he rises from the cornfields every Halloween, a butcher knife in his hand, and makes his way toward town, where gangs of teenage boys eagerly await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare. Both the hunter and the hunted, the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death.

Pete McCormick knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in this one-horse town. He's willing to risk everything, including his life, to be a winner for once. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror-and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy. .

Winner of the Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by is a powerhouse thrill-ride with all the resonance of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

During the Great Depression, outlaw rivals of Bonnie and Clyde battle for their lives in a bullet-riddled cornfield that holds the secret of love and death.

In a suburban American ghost town, a frightened boy armed with a BB gun stands alone against a soul-stealing stranger.

In the Old West, a legendary gunslinger follows a trail of severed heads as he delivers a mail-order bride to a madman.

Hard-boiled thrillers. Gonzo suspense. Grisly horror. Tough yet tender character studies. Norman Partridge gives readers all this and more in his biggest and best collection of short fiction.

Known for a vivid, exuberant writing style that goes straight for the throat, Partridge's resolutely eccentric fiction is powered by an obvious affinity--and affection--for the outrageous and grotesque. But don't try to put a label on him-- Partridge is a writer who fits no category but his own.

Herein you'll find an original introduction by the author himself, twenty-plus stories, and two brand new tales from a talent The Washington Times calls "... as crazy as a scorpion on a red-hot skillet--and twice as dangerous."

Gentle reader, you're in for a ride and a half.

Winner of the 2001 Bram Stoker Award for fiction collection!

Журнал «Cemetery Dance», основанный в 1988 году 22-летним студентом университета Мэриленда Ричардом Чизмаром и впоследствии объединивший вокруг себя сотни тысяч фанатов хоррора и саспенса, отпраздновал свое 25-летие!

За эти годы сомнительный любительский проект поднялся до уровня мейнстрима, солидного издания, на страницах которого обрели жизнь истории таких известных авторов, как Стивен Кинг, Питер Страуб, Ричард Матесон, Бентли Литтл, и многих других.

Юбилейный сборник рассказов представляет читателю самые страшные, зловещие и мистические истории от ведущих мастеров жанра.