Shadows Seven

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. Warning! You, the reader, are hereby advised that exposure to Shadows 7 can lead to stark, unrelenting terror. Symptoms include: A hot, sticky rush of pulsating blood through major arteries of the body. An electrifying chill that paralyzes the spinal cord. An all-consuming fear of unknown horrors, lurking in every shadow, preparing to dismember their victims in a single grisly embrace. Andin extreme casesdeath by fright. The publisher assumes no responsibility for the bone-chilling effects of Shadows 7 . Because we're scared too... Don't say we didn't warn you! Contents: Mrs Clendon's Place by Joseph Payne Brennan. Three Days by Tanith Lee. Do Not Forsake Me O My Darlin by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The Storm by David Morrell. A Matter of Taste by Parke Godwin. Stillwater 1896 by Michael Cassutt. The Haunting by Susan Casper. Daddy by Earl Godwin. Seeing the World by Ramsey Campbell. Still Frame by Jack C. Haldeman II. Talking in the Dark by Dennis Etchison. Decoys by Jere Cunningham. Rapture by Melissa Mia Hall. I Shall Not Leave England Now by Alan Ryan.