Frights and Fancies

Edited by Stephen Jones.

Children of the night — what screams they make! This volume of previously uncollected fiction from "Britain's Prince of Chill" contains nineteen tales of fantasy and the supernatural from the past four decades, including four brand-new stories and an original Afterword appearing here for the first time. In these masterful tales of horror and humour, the mostly young protagonists encounter bizarre and unusual creatures of various shapes and sizes: some frightening, some funny, some sad — but all entertaining. From such memorable monsters as the Hoppity-Jump, the Slippity-Slop, the Gale-Wuggle, the Tele-Mon, the Wind-billie and the Mudadora, to classic frighteners such as the ghoul, the werewolf, Frankenstein's Creature and Count Dracula himself, this last collection stands as a fitting tribute to a writer who shared his unique world of frights and fancies with a long and loyal readership. As R. Chetwynd-Hayes would say: "I wish you monstrous good reading".

Contents:

• Foreword: The Final Curtain by Stephen Jones
• The Cat Room
• The Mudadora (as by Angus Campbell)
• Ghoul at Large
• The Third Eye
• The Floaters
• The Hoppity-Jump
• Bongla
• The Tele-Mon
• Big-Feet
• Package Holiday
• Brownie
• The Harpy
• Walk in Darkness
• The Wind-Billie (as by Angus Campbell)
• The Slippity-Slop
• High World
• Homemade Monster
• Great Indestructible (as by Hans Clutcher)
• The Werewolf (as by Angus Campbell)
• The Gale-Wuggle
• Afterword: Time Travel and Me by R. Chetwynd-Hayes