Publication: The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII

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Publication: The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XIIPublication Record # 393656
Editor: Karl Edward Wagner
Date: 1984-11-00
ISBN: 0-87997-975-5 [978-0-87997-975-1]
Catalog ID: UE1975
Publisher: DAW Books / New American Library of Canada
Price:
C$3.50^?C$: Canadian dollar
Pages: 239
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII by Vicente Segrelles (variant of Die Besessene 1978) [as by Segrelles]
Notes: • "First Printing, November 1984/23456789" • First Canadian printing [not stated] • As usual with first Canadian DAWs from late '80 until mid-90s the number line starts with '2' • DAW catalogue #UE1975 • $2.95 in the US • Cover printed in the US, book in Canada
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 12577060

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Anthology Title: The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII • [The Year's Best Horror Stories • 12] • anthology by Karl Edward Wagner

Contents (view Concise Listing)

11 • Introduction: Of Fads and Frights • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
17 • Uncle Otto's Truck • [Castle Rock] • (1983) • short story by Stephen King
36 • 3.47 AM • (1983) • short story by David Langford
46 • Mistral • (1983) • short story by Jon Wynne-Tyson
60 • Out of Africa • (1983) • short story by David Drake
68 • The Wall-Painting • (1983) • short story by Roger Johnson
84 • Keepsake • (1983) • short story by Vincent McHardy
93 • Echoes • (1983) • short story by Lawrence C. Connolly
97 • After-Images • (1983) • short story by Malcolm Edwards
111 • The Ventriloquist's Daughter • (1983) • short story by Juleen Brantingham
119 • Come to the Party • (1983) • short story by Frances Garfield
128 • The Chair • (1983) • novelette by Dennis Etchison
149 • Names • (1983) • short story by Jane Yolen
155 • The Attic • (1983) • short story by Billy Wolfenbarger
163 • Just Waiting • (1983) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
175 • One for the Horrors • (1983) • short story by David J. Schow
187 • Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) • (1983) • novelette by Tanith Lee
210 • Spring-Fingered Jack • non-genre • (1983) • short story by Susan Casper
214 • The Flash! Kid • (1983) • short story by Scott Bradfield
227 • The Man with Legs • (1983) • short story by Al Sarrantonio

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