After Midnight

by Charles L. Grant (Editor), Jill Bauman (Cover Artist), David Langford

ix • Introduction • Charles L. Grant
1 • Cold Spell • (1980) • David Langford
14 • The Devil Don't Dance With Strangers • Galad Elflandsson
28 • Our Last Nanny • (1973) • Bernard Taylor
47 • A Night in Possum Holler • Ardath Mayhar
55 • Touring • (1981) • Michael Swanwick, Gardner Dozois, & Jack Dann
79 • Call First • (1975) • Ramsey Campbell
86 • Lucille Would Have Known • (1980) • John Burke
101 • Still Life • Bob Booth
108 • Hear the Whistle Blowing • Alan Ryan
130 • The Colored Transmission • (1974) • R. Chetwynd-Hayes
151 • Rhea • Joseph Payne Brennan
158 • Marriage Vows • Leslie Alan Horvitz
181 • The Glass Doorknob • Melissa Mia Hall
193 • Duck Hunt • Joe R. Lansdale
199 • Markham • (1974) • Reginald Bretnor
223 • Night Laughter • Ellen Kushner
229 • Sleep • Terry L. Parkinson
240 • Forget-Me-Not • (1975) • Bernard Taylor

Genres: Horror, Anthologies

276 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 15, 1992

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

[Paul Brenzel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horror author Charles L. Grant edited a number of paperback horror short story anthologies in the 1980s in addition to his Shadows series, starting with Nightmares and ending with this book. I feel he must have grown tired of editing these anthologies at this point, as Grant doesn't even bother introducing the authors before each story as he did in the other books.

With that said, this is my favorite book of the non-Shadows anthologies. Good 70s/80s horror, without a single bad story. My only regret is that Grant significantly reduced his anthology editing after this volume.

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

This isn’t as compelling a collection as the first one, but Alan Ryan’s “Hear the Whistle Blowing” is great. Very funny sicko edgelord bit with the anecdote about the short bus that got hit by a train.

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

An anthology, sequel to "Midnight."