100 Menacing Little Murder Stories

Stories Selected by Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, and Martin H. Greenberg Feeding on our darkest nightmares and deepest fears, this excruciatingly entertaining collection of fiendishly frightening stories provides agonizingly exquisite tales of torture, vengeance, and retribution. Sampling the consummate skills of such renowned writers as Saki, David H. Keller, Thomas Ligotti, John Galt, Alan Ryan, Fred Chappel, and other masters of the genre, this volume is a veritable rogue's gallery of devious criminals who really understand how to make the punishment fit the crime. So you think you'd know a murderer if you saw one? Prepare yourself for a challenge. This book spans the century to provide a police lineup of some of the most devious death-dealers in all of crime fiction. Some leave an incriminating trail of bloody footprints; others are unrecognizable but for the hardware in their hands and the dark intent in their hearts