Frights of Fancy
JOURNEYS INTO DARKNESS
There are worlds in the darkness. Worlds where your deepest fears live, where terror is waiting to welcome you. Worlds that can only be glimpsed in the shadows. These are the worlds created by the brilliant imagination of J. N. Williamson and revealed in the sixteen horrifying stories collected here for the first time, including three that have never previously been published.
"Williamson is a master stylist." – Booklovers
A steamship heading up the Nile with a decidedly unusual passenger list... a high school where one teacher plans the ultimate exam for his students... an archaeological expedition that unearths something better left buried... a post-nuclear suburb where the true horror is yet to come... Let J. N. Williamson be your guide to these and other points of interest along your midnight tour. But remember, it's a one-way trip.
Contents:
- Introduction by Ed Gorman
- Author's Prelude
- Reality Function
- When Nature Itself Creates Them
- Public Places
- Watchwolf
- The Sudd
- Mercy
- The Mother Pact
- Small Gift from Home
- Origin of a Species
- Child of the Sea
- Everyone Must Know...
- The House of Life
- A. Pyme
- Pick-Up
- It Does Not Come Alone
- The Field of Blood
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J. N. Williamson
Gerald Neal Williamson (1932–2005) wrote and edited horror stories under the name J. N. Williamson.
Born in Indianapolis, IN he graduated from Shortridge High School. He studied journalism at Butler University. He published his first novel in 1979 and went on to publish more than 40 novels and 150 short stories. In 2003 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Horror Writers of America. He edited the critically acclaimed How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (1987) which covered the themes of such writing and cited the writings of such writers as Robert Bloch, Lee Prosser, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William F. Nolan, and Stephen King. Many important writers in the genre contributed to the book. Williamson edited the popular anthology series, Masques. Some of his novels include The Ritual (1979), Playmates (1982), Noonspell (1991), The Haunt (1999), among others.
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