Night Visions: Dead Image

Night Visions #2

by Charles L. Grant (Editor, Introduction)

An innovative and exciting new showcase of terror--in which today's brightest talents present their darkest horrors. This landmark collection features authors David Morrell, Joseph Payne Brennan and Karl Edward Wagner.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Anthologies, Fiction

309 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Charles Lewis Grant was a novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called "dark fantasy" and "quiet horror." He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fenn, Simon Lake, Felicia Andrews, and Deborah Lewis.

Grant won a World Fantasy Award for his novella collection Nightmare Seasons, a Nebula Award in 1976 for his short story "A Crowd of Shadows", and another Nebula Award in 1978 for his novella "A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn's Eye," the latter telling of an actor's dilemma in a post-literate future. Grant also edited the award winning Shadows anthology, running eleven volumes from 1978-1991. Contributors include Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, R.A. Lafferty, Avram Davidson, and Steve Rasnic and Melanie Tem. Grant was a former Executive Secretary and Eastern Regional Director of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and president of the Horror Writers Association.

Reviews

[Karl]

Introduction by Charles L. Grant and illustrated
by Robert Lavoie, with the following stories:

David Morrell
Black and White and Red All Over
Mumbo Jumbo
Dead Image

Joseph Payne Brennan
Wanderson's Waste
Pick-Up
Canavan Calling
Oasis of Abomination
Starlock Street
The Haunting at Juniper Hill

Karl Edward Wagner
Shrapnel
Old Loves
Blue Lad

[Jk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't enjoy this collection quite as much as I enjoyed the first Night Visions collection and my rating is probably more of a 3.5 but I am rounding up because of how much I enjoyed the three David Morrell stories. The Joseph Payne Brennan stories were a mixed bag with "Canavan Calling" standing out above the rest and the Karl Edward Wagner stories were also a bit of a mixed bag with "Blue Lady, Come Back" being my favorite. Overall another fairly decent collection that is worth a read.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of the stories by David Morell were 5-stars. Worth hunting down just for those.

[Mark Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

The heading ignores the fact that this is the David Morrell Night Visions edition. That is what makes it the best of the series.