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- Das Fenster von Bob Leman
- Insekten in Bernstein von Tom Reamy
- Gratis-Erde von Charles Beaumont
- Steigende Wasser von Patricia Ferrara
- Die Nacht des Tigers von Stephen King
- Armes Drachentöterlein von Brian W. Aldiss
- Nina von Robert Bloch
- Werwind von J. Michael Reaves
- Ein Kleid aus weißer Seide von Richard Matheson
- Gladys' Gregory von John Anthony West
- Flußlandschaft, Fontainebleau von Stephen Gallagher
- Stolz von Charles L. Grant
- Langzahn von Edgar Pangborn
- Glory von Ron Goulart
- Das Haus der Käfer von Lisa Tuttle
- Herz und Hand von Robert Aickman
- Totgeburt von Mike Conner
- Balgrummos Hölle von Russell Kirk
- Die alte Finsternis von Pamela Sargent
- Die Nacht des Weißen Bhairab von Lucius Shepard
- Verwertungsriten von Ian Watson
- Test von Theodore L. Thomas
- Der kleine schwarze Zug von Manly Wade Wellman
- Die Autopsie von Michael Shea
- Das Fenster von Bob Leman
- Insekten in Bernstein von Tom Reamy
- Gratis-Erde von Charles Beaumont
- Steigende Wasser von Patricia Ferrara
- Die Nacht des Tigers von Stephen King
- Armes Drachentöterlein von Brian W. Aldiss
- Nina von Robert Bloch
- Werwind von J. Michael Reaves
- Ein Kleid aus weißer Seide von Richard Matheson
- Gladys' Gregory von John Anthony West
- Flußlandschaft, Fontainebleau von Stephen Gallagher
- Stolz von Charles L. Grant
- Langzahn von Edgar Pangborn
- Glory von Ron Goulart
- Das Haus der Käfer von Lisa Tuttle
- Herz und Hand von Robert Aickman
- Totgeburt von Mike Conner
- Balgrummos Hölle von Russell Kirk
- Die alte Finsternis von Pamela Sargent
- Die Nacht des Weißen Bhairab von Lucius Shepard
- Verwertungsriten von Ian Watson
- Test von Theodore L. Thomas
- Der kleine schwarze Zug von Manly Wade Wellman
- Die Autopsie von Michael Shea
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First published July 1, 1988
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About the author
Edward L. Ferman
632 books7 followersEdward Ferman (born 1937) was an American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor and magazine publisher.
Ferman is the son of Joseph W. Ferman, and took over as editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 when Avram Davidson, due to his residence in various Latin American locales with unreliable postal delivery, could no longer practically continue editing; on the masthead, Joseph Ferman was listed as editor and publisher for Edward Ferman's first two years. Edward Ferman would take on the role of publisher, as well, by 1970, as his father gradually retired. He remained as editor until 1991 when he hired his replacement, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He remained as publisher of the magazine until he sold it to Gordon Van Gelder in 2000. While Ferman was the editor, many other magazines in the field began to fold or were shortlived, and his magazine, along with Analog, was one of the few which maintained a regular schedule and sustained critical appreciation for its contents.
From 1969-1970, he was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction's sister publication Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Together, the Fermans had also edited and published the short-lived nostalgia and humor magazine P.S. and a similarly brief run of a magazine about mysticism and other proto-New Age matters, Inner Space.
Ferman received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor three years in a row, from 1981 through 1983. F&SF had previously won several other Hugos under his editorship, which had been famously conducted, at least in the last decade of his tenure, from a table in the Ferman family's Connecticut house. He edited or co-edited several volumes of stories from F&SF and co-edited Final Stage with Barry N. Malzberg. It is probable that he also ghost-edited No Limits for or with Joseph Ferman, an anthology drawn from the pages of the first run of Venture.
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Ferman is the son of Joseph W. Ferman, and took over as editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 when Avram Davidson, due to his residence in various Latin American locales with unreliable postal delivery, could no longer practically continue editing; on the masthead, Joseph Ferman was listed as editor and publisher for Edward Ferman's first two years. Edward Ferman would take on the role of publisher, as well, by 1970, as his father gradually retired. He remained as editor until 1991 when he hired his replacement, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He remained as publisher of the magazine until he sold it to Gordon Van Gelder in 2000. While Ferman was the editor, many other magazines in the field began to fold or were shortlived, and his magazine, along with Analog, was one of the few which maintained a regular schedule and sustained critical appreciation for its contents.
From 1969-1970, he was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction's sister publication Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Together, the Fermans had also edited and published the short-lived nostalgia and humor magazine P.S. and a similarly brief run of a magazine about mysticism and other proto-New Age matters, Inner Space.
Ferman received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor three years in a row, from 1981 through 1983. F&SF had previously won several other Hugos under his editorship, which had been famously conducted, at least in the last decade of his tenure, from a table in the Ferman family's Connecticut house. He edited or co-edited several volumes of stories from F&SF and co-edited Final Stage with Barry N. Malzberg. It is probable that he also ghost-edited No Limits for or with Joseph Ferman, an anthology drawn from the pages of the first run of Venture.
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May 4, 2024
This was a huge anthology of 24 shorter and longer stories, even with a Stephen King story inside. The quality was outstanding. Just between science fiction, fantasy and pure horror. The collection was published in the 80s and I would have liked the book back then the same as I did like reading it now. Every story starts with some words about the author and what the following story will be about. Exactly the way I like to delve into an intriguing tale. Excellent authors, outstanding stories of high quality and no misses inside. Well, the editor promised to introduce you to the best stories of his magazine. He kept his promise. Definitely the best horror anthology I read in a while. Highly recommended!
June 6, 2023
Muy del montón. No me ha gustado. Lo que sí me ha sorprendido es encontrar el último relato, "La autopsia", que se adaptó en la antología de terror de Guillermo del Toro, El gabinete de las curiosidades".
December 9, 2008
I purchased this book for the sole purpose of reading an obscure Stephen King short story called 'Night of the Tiger'.
Maybe I'll read the rest of it one day...
Maybe I'll read the rest of it one day...
January 20, 2023
Para el mejor relato fue Autopsia, libro entretenido, algunas historias con finales no muy elaborados
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November 30, 2021
Fairly interesting collection of horror fiction. I don't have any particular notes to make about the overall collection, so here are my story notes:
Window
An experiment goes wrong, causing the appearance of an entrance to an alternate universe. Quite neat.
Insects In Amber
Odd story about a haunted house, psychic powers, and aliens.
Free Dirt
Dark comedy about a man who tries to put the surplus soil from a cemetery to use.
Rising Water
A kid swims out to a half-submerged abandoned house. A fairly conventional ghost story enlivened by a memorable setting.
Night Of The Tiger
A teen-ager gets a job at a traveling circus, and notices something odd about the tigers. A rarely reprinted Stephen King story with a nicely Bradbury-esque atmosphere.
Poor Little Warrior
A time traveler has an encounter with a dinosaur.
Nina
A story about a man who meets a woman who is part snake.
Werewind
A windstorm of supernatural origin wreaks havoc on Los Angeles.
Dress Of White Silk
Similar to the author's story Born Of Man And Woman, this story is also written in a faux-childish voice; but this one concerns a playdate that goes horribly wrong.
Gladys's Gregory
Satirical story about a weight gain contest. This one hasn't aged very well.
By The River Fontainebleau
Weird, ultimately puzzling story about an artist and his model.
Pride
I am quite a fan of Charles L Grant and his "quiet horror" stories, and this one, about were-lions, is quite good and superbly atmospheric, as one would expect of his work.
Long tooth
A bigfoot story.
Glory
A story about a vampire actress. I have very little interest in the "old Hollywood" era (I basically only watch B-movies, which weren't exactly common in that era), so this didn't do too much for me.
Bug House
A woman goes to visit her dying aunt, who lives in an insect-infested house, and meets a creepy man who looks after her aunt. Quite atmospheric.
Hand In Glove
Two women visit a cemetery, where they find random objects that seem to appear out of nowhere; encounter some weird people who live nearby; witness something disturbing, yet never described, in an abandoned church; experience weird time distortions; and watch a man get trampled to death by cows. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Stillborn
A family moves to a creepy town, were they are expected to perform a sinister ritual in an old mine.
Ballgrumo's Hell
A thief is hired to acquire a rare painting from a house with a bad reputation. Although not as mind-numbingly dull as the other two stories I have read by this author (it has a decent atmosphere and some mildly creepy imagery, and it doesn't have a protagonist who quotes poetry every other paragraph), this story still isn't really anything special.
The Old Darkness
A power outage leads to a town being menaced by a supernatural force.
Window
An experiment goes wrong, causing the appearance of an entrance to an alternate universe. Quite neat.
Insects In Amber
Odd story about a haunted house, psychic powers, and aliens.
Free Dirt
Dark comedy about a man who tries to put the surplus soil from a cemetery to use.
Rising Water
A kid swims out to a half-submerged abandoned house. A fairly conventional ghost story enlivened by a memorable setting.
Night Of The Tiger
A teen-ager gets a job at a traveling circus, and notices something odd about the tigers. A rarely reprinted Stephen King story with a nicely Bradbury-esque atmosphere.
Poor Little Warrior
A time traveler has an encounter with a dinosaur.
Nina
A story about a man who meets a woman who is part snake.
Werewind
A windstorm of supernatural origin wreaks havoc on Los Angeles.
Dress Of White Silk
Similar to the author's story Born Of Man And Woman, this story is also written in a faux-childish voice; but this one concerns a playdate that goes horribly wrong.
Gladys's Gregory
Satirical story about a weight gain contest. This one hasn't aged very well.
By The River Fontainebleau
Weird, ultimately puzzling story about an artist and his model.
Pride
I am quite a fan of Charles L Grant and his "quiet horror" stories, and this one, about were-lions, is quite good and superbly atmospheric, as one would expect of his work.
Long tooth
A bigfoot story.
Glory
A story about a vampire actress. I have very little interest in the "old Hollywood" era (I basically only watch B-movies, which weren't exactly common in that era), so this didn't do too much for me.
Bug House
A woman goes to visit her dying aunt, who lives in an insect-infested house, and meets a creepy man who looks after her aunt. Quite atmospheric.
Hand In Glove
Two women visit a cemetery, where they find random objects that seem to appear out of nowhere; encounter some weird people who live nearby; witness something disturbing, yet never described, in an abandoned church; experience weird time distortions; and watch a man get trampled to death by cows. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Stillborn
A family moves to a creepy town, were they are expected to perform a sinister ritual in an old mine.
Ballgrumo's Hell
A thief is hired to acquire a rare painting from a house with a bad reputation. Although not as mind-numbingly dull as the other two stories I have read by this author (it has a decent atmosphere and some mildly creepy imagery, and it doesn't have a protagonist who quotes poetry every other paragraph), this story still isn't really anything special.
The Old Darkness
A power outage leads to a town being menaced by a supernatural force.
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June 20, 2025"Test" by Theodore L. Thomas - Robert fails his drivers license exam because in the future the exam includes a simulated head on collision under hypnosis and since he wants to get behind the wheel immediately after what he has experienced the administrators conclude that he has no problem killing people whatsoever.
"Nina" by Robert Bloch - Nolan has sex with a snake woman and then rejects her but when Nolan's wife and infant son join him in the jungle Nina gets revenge by devouring the infant.
"Nina" by Robert Bloch - Nolan has sex with a snake woman and then rejects her but when Nolan's wife and infant son join him in the jungle Nina gets revenge by devouring the infant.
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August 15, 2011
Una buena recopilación de relatos contemporáneos de terror de autores bastante conocidos dentro del género.
June 3, 2014
Como siempre en estas recopilaciones de cuentos hay algunos que me gustan mas que otros, salvo uno que no me gustó nada, nada, los cuentos estan buenos... sobre todo el último "La autopsia".
June 29, 2024
2.5
De 22 relatos me gustaron como 5 de ellos o menos. La mayor parte no me gustaron porque no construían ningún tipo de tensión y quedaban aburridos.
De 22 relatos me gustaron como 5 de ellos o menos. La mayor parte no me gustaron porque no construían ningún tipo de tensión y quedaban aburridos.
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