HorrorStory (Volume Four)

THE YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES X 5 • Introduction: A Decade of Fear, by Karl Edward Wagner 11 • Through the Walls, by Ramsey Campbell 33 • Touring, by Gardner Dozois, Michael Swanwick, and Jack M. Dann 51 • Every Time You Say I Love You, by Charles L. Grant 59 • Wyntours, by David G. Rowlands 69 • The Dark Country, by Dennis Etchison 89 • Homecoming, by Howard Goldsmith 101 • Old Hobby Horse, by A. F. Kidd 109 • Firstborn, by David Campton 123 • Luna, by G. W. Perriwils 131 • Mind, by Les Freeman 143 • Competition, by David Clayton Carrad 161 • Egnaro, by M. John Harrison 181 • On 202, by Jeff Hecht 191 • The Trick, by Ramsey Campbell 207 • Broken Glass, by Harlan Ellison THE YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES XI 221 • Introduction: One from the Vault, by Karl Edward Wagner 227 • The Grab, by Richard Laymon 235 • The Show Goes On, by Ramsey Campbell 247 • The House at Evening, by Frances Garfield 255 • I Hae Dream'd a Dreary Dream, by John Alfred Taylor 265 • Deathtracks, by Dennis Etchison 275 • Come, Follow!, by Sheila Hodgson 293 • The Smell of Cherries, by Jeffrey Goddin 307 • A Posthumous Bequest, by David Campton 319 • Slippage, by Michael P. Kube-McDowell 337 • The Executor, by David G. Rowlands 353 • Mrs. Halfbooger's Basement, by Lawrence C. Connolly 365 • Rouse Him Not, by Manly Wade Wellman 377 • Spare the Child, by Thomas F. Monteleone 391 • The New Rays, by M. John Harrison 403 • Cruising, by Donald Tyson 407 • The Depths, by Ramsey Campbell 427 • Pumpkin Head, by Al Sarrantonio THE YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES XII 441 • Introduction: Of Fads and Frights, by Karl Edward Wagner 447 • Uncle Otto's Truck, by Stephen King 463 • 3.47 AM, by David Langford 473 • Mistral, by Jon Wynne-Tyson 485 • Out of Africa, by David Drake 491 • The Wall-Painting, by Roger Johnson 505 • Keepsake, by Vincent McHardy 513 • Echoes, by Lawrence C. Connolly 517 • After-Images, by Malcolm Edwards 529 • The Ventriloquist's Daughter, by Juleen Brantingham 537 • Come to the Party, by Frances Garfield 545 • The Chair, by Dennis Etchison 563 • Names, by Jane Yolen 568 • The Attic, by Billy Wolfenbarger 575 • Just Waiting, by Ramsey Campbell 585 • One for the Horrors, by David J. Schow 595 • Elle Est Trois, (La Mort), by Tanith Lee 615 • Spring-Fingered Jack, by Susan Casper 619 • The Flash! Kid, by Scott Bradfield 631 • The Man with Legs, by Al Sarrantonio