Prince of Darkness

by Ray Russell

Here you will find-if you dare!-monsters and mutants, the Emperor Nero and an international assassin, an unusual ghost and a would-be invader from out space, together with a ghoulish galaxy of other demoniac characters.

Genres: Horror, Fiction

157 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Ray Russell was an American editor and writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Russell is best known for his horror fiction, although he also wrote mystery and science fiction stories.

His most famous short fiction is "Sardonicus", which appeared in the January 1961 issue of Playboy magazine, and was subsequently adapted by Russell into a screenplay for William Castle's film version, titled Mr. Sardonicus. American writer Stephen King called "Sardonicus" "perhaps the finest example of the modern gothic ever written"."Sardonicus" was part of a trio of stories with "Sanguinarius" and "Sagittarius".

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Russell and http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ent...

Reviews

[Lisa of LaCreeperie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was surprised to find that I didn't care much for most of the stories in this book, as I'm a big Ray Russell fan. I hit a wall roughly half way through with the Sci Fi story that is there, smack dab in the center of a book of short stories supposedly all about the devil.

I guess they can't all be winners can they?