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Shadows 9
Landscapes of fear. Come, journey to the darkest regions of the soul...
Walk softly past an ordinary brick house—where extraordinary evil seeks a mutilating vengeance... and refuses to die.
Turn left at the quaint country shop—where a brutally inhuman craftsman fashions a hideous collection of all-too-human artifacts.
Check into the dreadful Deadfall Hotel—where the strange clientele are even deadlier than the sharp-toothed creatures that roam the halls.
You have reached your final destination... and death is the only escape!
Introduction - Charles L. Grant.
The Jigsaw Girl - Stephen Gallagher.
The Lesson - Christopher Browne.
On the Turn - Leanne Frahm.
Moving Night - Nancy Holder.
Sanctuary - Kim Antieau.
Now You See Me - Sheri Lee Morton.
The Fishing Village of Roebush - Leslie Alan Horvitz.
Icarus - Galad Elflandsson.
Ants - Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
Nor Disregard the Humblest Voice - Ardath Mayhar.
The Skins You Love to Touch - Janet Fox.
Walk Home Alone - Craig Shaw Gardner.
The Father Figure - T.L. Parkinson.
An Ordinary Brick House - Joseph Payne Brennan.
Overnight - Lou Fisher.
The Last Time I Saw Harris - Galad Elflandsson.
Tavesher - Peter Tremayne.
Bloodwolf - Steve Rasnic Tem.
Walk softly past an ordinary brick house—where extraordinary evil seeks a mutilating vengeance... and refuses to die.
Turn left at the quaint country shop—where a brutally inhuman craftsman fashions a hideous collection of all-too-human artifacts.
Check into the dreadful Deadfall Hotel—where the strange clientele are even deadlier than the sharp-toothed creatures that roam the halls.
You have reached your final destination... and death is the only escape!
Introduction - Charles L. Grant.
The Jigsaw Girl - Stephen Gallagher.
The Lesson - Christopher Browne.
On the Turn - Leanne Frahm.
Moving Night - Nancy Holder.
Sanctuary - Kim Antieau.
Now You See Me - Sheri Lee Morton.
The Fishing Village of Roebush - Leslie Alan Horvitz.
Icarus - Galad Elflandsson.
Ants - Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
Nor Disregard the Humblest Voice - Ardath Mayhar.
The Skins You Love to Touch - Janet Fox.
Walk Home Alone - Craig Shaw Gardner.
The Father Figure - T.L. Parkinson.
An Ordinary Brick House - Joseph Payne Brennan.
Overnight - Lou Fisher.
The Last Time I Saw Harris - Galad Elflandsson.
Tavesher - Peter Tremayne.
Bloodwolf - Steve Rasnic Tem.
215 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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About the author
Charles L. Grant
309 books263 followersCharles 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.
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.
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February 4, 2025
Published in 1986, the 9th volume in Grant's ode to quiet horror - where shadows always dwelled.
As usually, Shadows consisted of stories from the best of dark fantgasy/horror...without the gore.
Stories I liked? Tem's "Bloodwolf" (with I knew if there were more tales of the Darkfall hotel....), Kim Antieau's"Sanctuary", "Fishing Village of Roebush" by Horvitz, and Fox's "Skins You Love to Touch"...sorta an Ed Gein feel to this one.
A nice collection for a dark, rainy night...just beware of shadows..
Jeff Mc
As usually, Shadows consisted of stories from the best of dark fantgasy/horror...without the gore.
Stories I liked? Tem's "Bloodwolf" (with I knew if there were more tales of the Darkfall hotel....), Kim Antieau's"Sanctuary", "Fishing Village of Roebush" by Horvitz, and Fox's "Skins You Love to Touch"...sorta an Ed Gein feel to this one.
A nice collection for a dark, rainy night...just beware of shadows..
Jeff Mc
December 6, 2009
A nice collection of short horror fiction, as almost all of Grant's anthologies were. I especially liked the offerings from Galad Elflandsson, Leslie Alan Horvitz, Joseph Payne Brennan, and Christopher Browne, who's much more well remembered for writing Hagar the Horrible than for prose. The cover proclaims that it's Doubleday Science Fiction, but the contents are all dark fantasy.
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