Masques : all new works of horror and the supernatural

A riveting new novel from the master of frontier fiction details the story of a young man, filled with courage, who, while on a perilous journey from Ohio westward, encounters dangerous men, regains his freedom, and learns the importance of survival as he arrives in the Rocky Mountains and learns new skills, becoming a man called Preacher. Original. Contents Introduction to the Book J.N. Williamson Acknowledgments NIGHTCRAWLERS Robert R. McCammon SOMEBODY LIKE YOU Dennis Etchinson SAMHAIN Ardath Mayhar THIRD WIND Richard Christian Matheson REDBEARD Gene Wolfe THE TURN OF TIME David B. Silva SOFT F. Paul Wilson HOUSE MOTHERS J.N. Williamson PARTY TIME Mort Castle EVERYBODY NEEDS A LITTLE LOVE Robert Bloch ANGEL'S EXCHANGE Jessica Amanda Salmonson DOWN BY THE SEA Joe R. Lansdale THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING David Knoles CZADEK Ray Russell THE OLD MEN KNOW Charles L. Grant THE SUBSTITUTE Gahan Wilson THE ALTERATION Dennis Hamilton TRUST NOT A MAN William F. Nolan LONG AFTER ECCLESIASTES Ray Bradbury MY GRANDMOTHER'S JAPOINICAS Chalres Beaumont A Short, Incandescent Life Ray Russell My Grandmothers Japonicas Charles Beaumont Charles Beaumont: The Magic Man Willliam F. Nolan MASTER OF IMAGINATION Richard Matheson interview Scanned, converted, re-formatted, proofed, all title page images, all first edition image restorations, first edition book cover restoration and eBook creation by Jerry. Contents * Introduction and Acknowledgments by J. N. Williamson * "Nightcrawlers" by Robert R. McCammon * "Somebody Like You" by Dennis Etchison * "Samhain: Full Moon" by Ardath Mayhar * "I Have Made My Bones Secure" by Ardath Mayhar * "Third Wind" by Richard Christian Matheson * "Redbeard" by Gene Wolfe * "The Turn of Time" by David B. Silva * "Soft" by F. Paul Wilson * "House Mothers" by J. N. Williamson * "Party Time" by Mort Castle * "Everybody Needs a Little Love" by Robert Bloch * "Angels Exchange" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson * "Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock" by Joe R. Lansdale * "The First Day of Spring" by David Knoles * "Czadek" by Ray Russell * "The Old Men Know" by Charles L. Grant * "The Substitute" by Gahan Wilson * "The Alteration" by Dennis Hamilton * "Trust Not a Man" by William F. Nolan * "Long After Ecclesiastes" by Ray Bradbury * "A Short, Incadescent Life" Ray Russell [biography] * "My Grandmothers Japonicas" by Charles Beaumont * "Charles Beaumont: The Magic Man" William F. Nolan [article] * Richard Matheson J. N. Williamson [interview]