Shadows 4

Overview: Shadows was a series of horror anthologies edited by Charles L. Grant, published by Doubleday from 1978 to 1991. Grant, a proponent of "quiet horror", initiated the series in order to offer readers a showcase of this kind of fiction. The short stories appearing in the Shadows series largely dispensed with traditional Gothic settings, and had very little physical violence. Instead, they featured slow accumulations of dread through subtle omens, mostly taking place in everyday settings. While Grant himself was very adept at this kind of fiction, he contributed no stories to the anthologies, writing only the introductions and author profiles. The first volume in the series won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. Contains: The man who would not shake hands / Stephen King -- Yours, -- Guy / Robert F. Young -- The belonging kind / John Shirley and William Gibson -- Calling collect / Barry N. Malzberg and Arthur L. Samuels -- Hearing is believing / Ramsey Campbell -- Threshold / Deirdre L. Kugelmeyer -- A visit to Brighton / Alan Ryan -- Echoes from a darkened shore / Cherie Wilkerson -- The blue chair / Tabitha King -- Meow / Tanith Lee -- The giveaway / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Need / Lisa Tuttle -- Waiting for the knight / Beverly Evans -- Under my bed / Al Sarrantonio -- The hour of silhouett / Juleen Brantingham -- Snow, cobwebs, and dust / John Keefauver -- The spider glass / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Imagine a collection of nightmarish tales as dark as a freshly opened grave. So terrifying that they scatter dreams like leaves before a midnight wind. So macabre that they give even the typesetter the chills. So horrific that Evil itself turns away. Imagine. Now open and read.