The Language of Fear

Offers a collection of fifteen short stories that explore the dark side of the human experience, including that of a heavy metal star locked in a war with his TV set, and a married man about to murder his wife at the behest of a dial-a-porn hooker.

Contents (1995 edition, Abyss/Dell):

• Introduction by W. Axl Rose
• A Tale of Two Heroines
• Adult Nature Material
• Bloodlust
• Date Rape
• High School Memoirs
• Mama's Boy
• Mindwarp
• Saltwater and Blood
• Skin Deep
• The Atheist Prayer
• The Fumes of Friendship
• The Immortals
• The Melrose Vampire
• The Nerve
• Without You

Contents (2013 edition, Cemetery Dance Publications):

• Introduction by W. Axl Rose
• An Afterword and an Introduction by Del James
• A Tale of Two Heroines
• Adult Nature Material
• Bloodlust
• Date Rape
• High School Memoirs
• Mama's Boy
• Mindwarp
• Saltwater and Blood
• Skin Deep
• The Atheist Prayer
• The Fumes of Friendship
• The Immortals
• The Melrose Vampire
• The Nerve
• Without You
• Red Turns to Green
• Crank & Deceit
• Eye Gouge
• Backstage
• Paid in Full
• The Concrete Is Always Cleaner On Someone Else's Sidewalk
• Haterism
• The Fall
• Sick Puppy
• Morning Star
• Do Sunflowers Have a Fragrance?