Horror Anthology Books?

[Inglorious]

This sort of does and sort of does not belong in the book section. But it is a genarally horror based subject.

I have watched such things as Creepshow, Creepshow 2, Terror Tract, and just today rented Tales From The Darkside but have not watched yet.

So my question. Does anyone know of any good horror anthology books? Maybe by King, maybe not? Just some scary stuff, legitimately scary or even entertaining as long as it's horror. Not like the 'Scary Stories' books kind of stuff though.

These books don't have to be long, in fact I prefer they not be, but if they must as long as it's quality; I'll look into it/them.

[Cthulu13]

Every year, The Mammoth book of Horror comes out (I tihnk that's what it's called). It has the years best horror stories, as well as an exhaustive listing of prominent horror movies, books, stories, comics, and maybe music. . .

[Inglorious]

Originally posted by Cthulu13
Every year, The Mammoth book of Horror comes out (I tihnk that's what it's called). It has the years best horror stories, as well as an exhaustive listing of prominent horror movies, books, stories, comics, and maybe music. . .

And when does this come out you say?

What else Schmoes?

[Khain]

I had read some vampire anthology books, after some googling, I found these two that I recall :

Dracula Book of great vampires
Blood Thirst : 100 years of Vampire fiction

These two are pretty good if you like vampire stuff.

[Nice Marmot]

I love reading collections of H.P. Lovecraft's short stories. Creepy stuff. I sense a bunch of movie treatments to some of his stuff in the near future. I know Mountains of Madness or whatever its called is coming.

I loved Stephen King's collections. Night Shift & Skeleton Crew are my favorites. You have to read The Mist & The Boogeyman. Read these & you will come across so many stories that movies were based on.

I'm anxious to see what some of the other suggestions are.

[Inglorious]

Originally posted by Nice Marmot
I love reading collections of H.P. Lovecraft's short stories. Creepy stuff. I sense a bunch of movie treatments to some of his stuff in the near future. I know Mountains of Madness or whatever its called is coming.

I loved Stephen King's collections. Night Shift & Skeleton Crew are my favorites. You have to read The Mist & The Boogeyman. Read these & you will come across so many stories that movies were based on.

I'm anxious to see what some of the other suggestions are.

Searching as we speak!

[drdash]

here are some of my favorites
the hot blood series-i'm totally addicted to this one.
the book of the dead 1 and 2-great zombie stories set in romero's universe.
also of note
shock rock
silver scream
razored saddles
dark forces
999

ciao
drdash

[Cthulu13]

Originally posted by Mr. Peanut
And when does this come out you say?


Dunno, but there are 14-15 of them already out. . .

[Cthulu13]

Originally posted by Nice Marmot
I love reading collections of H.P. Lovecraft's short stories. Creepy stuff. I sense a bunch of movie treatments to some of his stuff in the near future. I know Mountains of Madness or whatever its called is coming.


When I first saw the AVP preview, before the aliens and preds came out to play I thought it would be a Movie based on the Mountains of Madness. Mostly 'cause of the "Alien Ruin in Antarctica" thing. . .

[Inglorious]

Originally posted by drdash
here are some of my favorites
the hot blood series-i'm totally addicted to this one.
the book of the dead 1 and 2-great zombie stories set in romero's universe.
also of note
shock rock
silver scream
razored saddles
dark forces
999

ciao
drdash

Sorry to keep prodding. But could you tell me what (some of) these are separately specifically about?

[drdash]

Originally posted by Mr. Peanut
Sorry to keep prodding. But could you tell me what (some of) these are separately specifically about?

okay, here we go.
hot blood-erotic horror
shock rock-horror & rock and roll
silver scream-horror and film
dark forces-an early 80's anthology that had the best stories of the time, it had the first appearance of stephen king's the mist.
999-came out in 1999 the best of new horror
razored saddles- horror and westerns.
hope that helps.

ciao
drdash

[Psychocandy]

Definitely check out Clive Barker's Books Of Blood. The quality of the stories range from well above average to breathtakingly inventive and very clever. Highly recommended.

Also highly recommended are any anthology collections of stores by Brian Lumley. He's a master of the form. A lot of his stories reflect his obsession with Lovecraft. Try to find the following.

Fruiting Bodies And Other Fungi
Dagon's Bell And Other Discords
The Second Wish And Other Exhalations

Every story is solid gold.

It goes without saying that you should check out all of Stephen King's short story collections.

Another master of the form is Ramsay Campbell. Check out the following.

Cold Print (especally recommended)
Scared Stiff
Strange Things And Stranger Places

Simon Clark has a collection of short stories called Salt Snake And Other Bloody Cuts and it's chock full of excellent spine chillers.

Also check out any collections by Ray Bradbury. Not all horror but his short stories are masterful.

Robert R McCammon has an excellent collection of short stories called Blue World. Amazing stuff.

Last but by no means least. Author Christopher Fowler puts out as many short story collections as he does novels and rarely will you read a short story of his that you'll be in any way disappointed in. Check out the following.

The Bureau Of Lost Souls
The Devil In Me
Sharper Knives
City Jitters
More City Jitters
Personal Demons

All fantastic.

Ok...one more.

Richard Matheson of I Am Legend fame has writter some fantastic short stories. I don't know if a collecton is available. If there is...check it out.

[Inglorious]

Thanks to all so far. This will serve as a nice anthology thread for anyone interested in the future now as well. I am suprised one didn't exist yet.

Psychocandy, I'm looking for that stuff right now.
drdash, looking for your suggestions as well.

[Inglorious]

Has anyone heard of these, and if so how are they?

Gathering the bones : original stories from the world's masters of horror,
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories,
and Best New Horror (Instert Number 1-5 Here).

Also, Psychocandy, I found some of Ramsey Campbell's Stuff, you spelled it Ramsay... just thought I'd clear that up.
Also, Clive Barker's Books of Blood comes in a set of all 3, should I just get that, or a particular one?

drdash, I found Silver Scream, Dark Forces, 999, and Hot Blood. Hot Blood didn't seem like my taste though. The others are on their way.

[Psychocandy]

Originally posted by Mr. Peanut
Has anyone heard of these, and if so how are they?

Gathering the bones : original stories from the world's masters of horror,
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories,
and Best New Horror (Instert Number 1-5 Here).

Also, Psychocandy, I found some of Ramsey Campbell's Stuff, you spelled it Ramsay... just thought I'd clear that up.
Also, Clive Barker's Books of Blood comes in a set of all 3, should I just get that, or a particular one?

drdash, I found Silver Scream, Dark Forces, 999, and Hot Blood. Hot Blood didn't seem like my taste though. The others are on their way.

Ah...Ramsey. Oops. :D

As for Books Of Blood. Get the set. It's all good. I'll come back and recommend particular stories but I would suggest reading them cover to cover in order.

BTW...I didn't recommend Lovecraft's anthologies. There are three essential volumes.

Omnibus 1: At The Mountains Of Madness

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Omnibus 2: Dagon And Other Macabre Tales

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Omnibus 3: The Haunter Of The Dark

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Trust me...ALL ESSENTIAL.

[Inglorious]

I'll see what I can do on the Lovecraft items.

These should all be fun reads... I'll find the right story night for them all soon I am sure.:cool:

[Inglorious]

Since I posted this in the late summer, I have bought: Skeleton Crew and Night Shift. I read 666: Stories Of Horror and Clive Barker's Books Of Blood.

Right now I am reading Night Shift and am on the 2nd story "Graveyard Shift". Loved "Jeruselem's Lot"... archaic and evil. What are everyone's thoughts on the ending of that one by the way?

I wanted to bump this up, A. For any Anthology fans out there that love the shorts that are so refreshing every 10-40 pages, and B. I must thank all of you for the help, and I do - Thank you very much, these are so much fun for me!

[Saruman]

There is an annual collection of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror but the books cost about $30 so I've never got one. Check the library for this shit.

[aixela]

The is I Shudder at Your Touch which is a mix of horror and eroticism...

[ERIN_LoJ]

Copied and pasted from an amazon list I made:


ROBERT BLOCHS PSYCHOS by Robert Bloch
An anthology edited by Bloch could never be bad; some of these tales are amazingly disturbing

PETER STRAUB'S GHOSTS
Chilling and eerie - a must read for anthology fans

Four Dark Nights by Bentley Little
Bentley Little, Douglas Clegg, Christopher Golden, Tom Piccirilli - need I say more?

Dark Masques by J. N. Williamson
So many short stories and authors it's almost heart attack inducing....

Masques, vol. 1, no. 2 by J. N. Williamson
Even more to salivate over; make sure both of these make their way into your home library


Night Shift (Signet) by Stephen King
A king treat that is legendary


Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Creepy classics, excellent writing, old fashioned King at his best


Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three by Clive Barker
A sin to miss these, some of the best short stories around, each with different writing styles


The Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg
One of the best anthology collections - EVER - disturbing, eerie, original stuff here


SKIN OF THE SOUL by Tuttle
An older anthology for women horror fans; sadly out of print - get a used copy ASAP, you won't regret it

[Inglorious]

So long ago I made this thread.

And I still love anthologies. Right now Im on a Clive Barker spree though. Rereading the Books Of Blood actually... as apparently I didnt read the complete set before.

But this is good stuff, then Im off to The Hellbound Heart and some more Barker goodies.

[floydtheater07]

"American Gothic Tales", edited by Joyce Carol Oates, has some gems.

Barker is great, you should love "The Hellbound Heart". I'm currently reading "The Damnation Game", and I must say, the man is an excellent writer.

[ERIN_LoJ]

The Damnation Game was excellent, likely my favorite by him. Joyce Carol Oates sounds so damn familiar but I can't place the name

[BigSugar]

Okay, so I don't know how "anthology" it is, but get a copy of Chuck Palahniuk's "Haunted." Some of it's sick, some of it's funny, some of it's scary. Worth the money and time.

[Fettdog]

Check out this book - it's an anthology of horror stories put together by Chris Woods of the British Horror Film website, and features a story by yours truly, and also by fellow Schmoe Corpse Candle (aka James Stanger).

Click on the cover for an article Arrow did on it, and links to more info. :)

http://www.joblo.com/images_arrownews/fettbook1.jpg (http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=7514)

[teenkiller]

I didn't have time to read through the whole thread but when I was a kid I remember being a little creeped out by this one anthology book. I think it was called Scary Stories to Read in the Dark. The one story about the girl who spends the night in the cemetery really spooked me. I don't remember it all but I'm sure it was all just kids stuff. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Inglorious]

Originally posted by Fettdog
Check out this book - it's an anthology of horror stories put together by Chris Woods of the British Horror Film website, and features a story by yours truly, and also by fellow Schmoe Corpse Candle (aka James Stanger).

Click on the cover for an article Arrow did on it, and links to more info. :)

http://www.joblo.com/images_arrownews/fettbook1.jpg (http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=7514)

WOW! I will definately check this one out. Its been a while since I came to visit one of my everstanding threads so I needed to come check up on it. Ill check that one out though Fett. :D

Originally posted by teenkiller
I didn't have time to read through the whole thread but when I was a kid I remember being a little creeped out by this one anthology book. I think it was called Scary Stories to Read in the Dark. The one story about the girl who spends the night in the cemetery really spooked me. I don't remember it all but I'm sure it was all just kids stuff. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

I remember! Yeah Ill definately get some nostalgia here.

[martyds761]

I don't know if this is what you mean, but there 2 really big books on history of ghosts and witches.

Ghosts by Hans Holzer
Witches by " "

[Cronos]

I haven't read many anthology books but King's Skeleton Crew and Graveyard Shift were both great.

I've also got a couple of ghost ones which i remember really liking, can't remember what they're called though.

[teenkiller]

Heh. I finally found the book I was talking about. This is the cover that used to scare me shitless as a kid!

http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-images/scares1.jpg

Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Inglorious]

Originally posted by teenkiller
Heh. I finally found the book I was talking about. This is the cover that used to scare me shitless as a kid!

http://www.retrojunk.com/img/art-images/scares1.jpg

Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

Scary cover. Hahaha. :p (bad link?)

[teenkiller]

Originally posted by Mr. Peanut
Scary cover. Hahaha. :p (bad link?)

Heh heh. Yeah, I guess RetroJunk doesn't allow you to post "their" images. I'll see if I can get the real one up:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/5183DK4CSBL._SS500_.jpg

Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Inglorious]

Thats the one I thought you were referring to. Those terrified me in elementary school! I havent read it since, but Im sure it'd still be alot of fun for a good 1-2 hour read (if I remember at all - big print, simple vocab., etc.).

I didnt eat Campbell's Beef Veggie soup for a good 6+ months after that Big Toe story. (for some reason it freaked me the hell out, AND I LOVED THAT SOUP!!)

[evildeadman]

I own all the following anthologies & collections ..some listed and some not listed in this thread..any not mentioned bfore may give you some good suggestions hopefully..

...Collections by single authors..

Stephen King..Night shift,Skeleton Crew,Nightmares & Dreamscapes,Everythings Eventual,plus Four Past Midnight,Different Seasons,& the Bachman Books..

Clive Barker.Books of Blood 1,2 & 3, Cabal,In the Flesh,The Inhuman Condition.

Robert R McCammon..Blue World

Dean Koontz..Strange Highways

Douglas Clegg..The Nightmare Chronicles

Bently Little ..The Collection

H.P.Lovecraft..The Lurking Fear & others,Dream Cycle of H.P.Lovecraft Dreams of terror & death

...anthologies by various authors...

Dark Forces ...edit by Kirby McCauley

Mammoth book of Best New Horror vol 12 ...edit by Syephen Jones

Masters of Darkness ...edit by Dennis Etchison

Masters of Darkness 3 ...edit by Dennis Etchison

My favorite horror story ...edit by Mike Barker & Martin H Greenberg

Night Visions :The Hellbound Heart..edit by George R.R.Martin

Midnight..edit by Charles L.Grant

After Midnight..edit by Charles L.Grant

New Terrors ..edit by Ramsey Campbell

Shadows 6 ..edit by Charles L. Grant

Beyond Midnight..edit by Kirby McCauley


Night Screams..
Stalkers..
Predators..all 3 edit by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

Prime Evil..edit by Douglas E. Winter

House Shudders..edit by Martin H. Greenberg & Charles E.Waugh EDS

Fine Frights:Stories that scared me..edit by Ramsey Campbell

Great untold stories of Fantasy & Horror..edit by Alden H.Norton & Sam Moscowitz

Shudder Again:22 tales of sex & horror...edit by Michelle Slung

Borderlands..edit by Thomas F. Monteleone

Shock Rock
Shock Rock 2..Both edit by Jeff Gelb

I'd love to b able to get more of the Best New Horror series as well as more Lovecraft and to find some of the Ramsey Cambell collections...i have a few of his short works in some of the anthologies but a collection would b sweet!..an author i like a lot is Richard Laymon ,would anyone know if he has a collection???..well anyway..I also used to have the Scary Stories to tell in the Dark..well the first 2 but somehow they accidently got sold with some stuff in a yard sale.but..im planning on getting those back too..well enought for now..sorry this got so long..:D

[evildeadman]

Great untold stories of Fantasy & Horror..edit by Alden H.Norton & Sam Moscowitz...

sorry..that should b Great untold TALES..not stories..lol