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Peking Man
by Robert J. Sawyer
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When the 130,000-year-old bones of Peking Man were discovered in 1927 near Beijing, they were believed to be proof of the Missing Link, but the attempt to smuggle them away from the advancing Japanese in WWII ended in disaster beneath the Atlantic in 1941. Now, from central Europe, comes the true story of Peking Man and his evil roots back to the dawn of human civilization. (Published: 1996) Aurora Award Winner
Words: 3826 - Reading Time: 10-15 min.
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Jerry's Kids Meet Wormboy
by David J. Schow
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Even before the dead crawled from their graves in search of human flesh, the teenager nicknamed 'Wormboy' had descended into the depravity--and ecstasy--of cannibalism at his job with the local mortuary. Now the lawlessness of an apocalyptic 'Night of the Living Dead' suits the 400-pound Wormboy perfectly. While millions starve, he feasts upon the abundant buffet that wanders into the tripwire and anti-personnel mine 'spiderweb' surrounding his graveyard fortress. Just down the block, the Right ... more info>> (Published: 1989)
Words: 8189 - Reading Time: 23-32 min.
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Chaingang
by Rex Miller
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The man is a hulk of angry, flabby, flesh, housing a genius intelligence that is ever inventing new and twisted ways to inflict pain on others. Torturing and killing innumerable victims with impunity, he still wasn't clever enough to keep himself out of prison forever. They drugged him, beat and muzzled him, then restrained him within the tight walls of a maximum-security solitary confinement cell. All that meant for Bunkowski is time to seethe in his own vile juices, planning revenge, until the... more info>> (Published: 1992)
Words: 87255 - Reading Time: 249-349 min.
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Butcher
by Rex Miller
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Once again, Daniel "Chaingang" Bunkowski is on the loose. After a seemingly endless term is prison, he is hungrier then ever to get his teeth into some bloody violence. The opportunities for mayhem were pretty limited in the maximum-security prison where he was held for so long. Now that he's out, his keeper, Dr. Norman, is anxious to put him to work. He has given Chaingang an important task: hunt down and destroy the one man who is more savage than himself. Doc Royal has been living quietly in ... more info>> (Published: 1994)
Words: 89316 - Reading Time: 255-357 min.
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The Black Gondolier and Other Stories
by Fritz Leiber
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Announcing a new collection of stories by Fritz Leiber. Assembled here is a selection of Mr. Leiber's best horrific tales, many of which have been virtually unobtainable for decades. From the riveting "Spider Mansion" and "The Phantom Slayer" from Weird Tales to the more recent "Lie Still, Snow White" and "Black Has Its Charms" from rare, small-press magazines, this collection provides an overview of Leiber's fifty-plus years as an acknowledged master of the weird tale. While much of Leiber's se... more info>> (Published: 2000)
Words: 111619 - Reading Time: 318-446 min.
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A Little Night Music
by Mike Resnick
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A rock-n-roll booking agent finds a cryptic new act called Vlad and the Impalers, and their lead singer in the long black cape is an instant hit with the night-prowling audience. (Published: 1991)
Words: 3111 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
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Murdermouth
by Scott Nicholson
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When a zombie becomes a sideshow attraction, it's difficult to tell on which side of the bars the freaks are standing. (Published: 2001)
Words: 3174 - Reading Time: 9-12 min.
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Thank You For The Flowers
by Scott Nicholson
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What happens when a star Little League player is a vampire, a city has secrets to protect, or a man's love for his wife is more powerful than death? Award-winning author Scott Nicholson answers these questions and more in Thank You For The Flowers, a collection of thirteen stories of suspense and imagination that covers a range of territory from a Civil War ghost story called "The Three-Dollar Corpse" to "Dead Air," where a late-night deejay has an open line to a female serial killer. A high sch... more info>> (Published: 2000)
Words: 52309 - Reading Time: 149-209 min.
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Trinkets
by Tobias Buckell
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New England, early 1800s: At the harbor near his jewelry shop, George Petros receives a package from the Haitian merchant ship Toussaint--a sinister link that follows him from a brief stay on the Caribbean island of dark magic. (Published: 2001) Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Honorable Mention
Words: 2885 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
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The God on the Glass Cross
by Mary Soon Lee
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Sarah is afraid to say her prayers ... for good reason. (Published: 1999)
Words: 2117 - Reading Time: 6-8 min.
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Serpent Eggs
by David Langford
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On a remote island something has fallen from the sky ... something dreadful. (Published: 1994) Year's Best Horror Selection
Words: 4802 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
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The Bible in Blood
by Ian Watson
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A concentration camp commander forces rabbis to write out the Bible in their own blood, resulting in the release of horrors from another dimension.
Words: 8962 - Reading Time: 25-35 min.
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A Child of Darkness
by Susan Casper
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Daria is a little girl with a problem. A very serious problem. A very serious problem in a I-crave-drinking-blood kind of way. Can anyone help her?
Words: 5023 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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Salvage Rites
by Ian Watson
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A trip to the town garbage dump reveals that more than just garbage is being recycled. Year's Best Horror Selection
Words: 4559 - Reading Time: 13-18 min.
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Lost Bodies
by Ian Watson
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Two couples about to swap partners for the night discover a decapitated fox's head in the garden. Trouble is--it seems to still be alive. (Published: 1988) Year's Best Horror Selection
Words: 4051 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
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The Haunting
by Susan Casper
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An old, trapped ghost only wants the best for the family that occupies her house. (Published: 1984)
Words: 2414 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
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Spring-Fingered Jack
by Susan Casper
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A video game enthusiast wants to be the very best, no matter what it takes. (Published: 1983)
Words: 1256 - Reading Time: 3-5 min.
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The Eye of the Ayatollah
by Ian Watson
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A religious fanatic who snatched out Ayatollah Khomeini's eye at his funeral uses it to discover where Salman Rushdie is hiding from Khomeini's fatwa. (Published: 1990) Year's Best Horror Selection
Words: 3020 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
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Under Her Skin
by Susan Casper
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An overweight woman who didn't really want to be at the dance is surprised to find an attractive young man is interested in her. There must be a catch, she thinks. Well, let's just say there is a catch, and it's a real whopper.
Words: 2429 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
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Jumper
by George Zebrowski
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A therapist encounters a severely disturbed young woman with memories of finding herself in strange places with no memory of how she got there; she goes to sleep in one place and wakes up in another. (Published: 1988)
Words: 3914 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
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Footsteps
by Harlan Ellison
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Los Angeles has become too dangerous for this predatory Child of the Night, and it is time to move on. When Claire arrives in Paris, she is ravenously hungry and eager to start the bloody conquest of her new territory. (Published: 1980)
Words: 4270 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
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The Old Darkness
by Pamela Sargent
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A storm blows out power to the whole neighborhood, and Nina can feel the darkness filling her apartment with threatening shadows. The neighbors gather in her living room, and the old darkness begins its journey. (Published: 1983) Year's Best Horror Selection
Words: 5348 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
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She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother
by Harlan Ellison
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He found his love Camilla 15 years ago, and in all their travels together, she has never said anything about her family ... and now she wants to go home. (Published: 1988) Bram Stoker Award Recommendation
Words: 6379 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
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Hunger
by Michael A. Burstein
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A short-short vampire story: as Rodolfo pushes open his coffin and awakes from his thousand year sleep, he expects to find a flourishing kingdom of vampires, with humanity enslaved. (Published: 1998)
Words: 726 - Reading Time: 2-2 min.
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A Darkness Upon The Face Of The Deep
by Harlan Ellison
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A researcher for a sensationalist magazine and his archeologist friend travel to Syria searching for an ancient Hittite tomb--they carry a small stone glyph that was reportedly taken from the tomb's sarcophagus. Their journey is a paradox of confidence and fear, for as they move closer to their destination, the glyph begins to glow. (Published: 1991)
Words: 6336 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
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