Short Stories
The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume 2
2008·866 pages
An anthology of acclaimed horror short stories spanning 1951-2000.
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An anthology of acclaimed horror short stories spanning 1951-2000.
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Uncle Isiah / Russell Kirk (1951) -- I am nothing / Eric Frank Russell (1952) -- The altar / Robert Sheckley (1953) -- Call not their names / Everil Worrell (1954) -- Ringing the changes / Robert Aickman (1955) -- Lonely road / Richard Wilson (1956) -- Founding father / Clifford D. Simak (1957) -- That hell-bound train / Robert Bloch (1958) -- The howling man / Charles Beaumont (1959) -- The house / Fredric Brown (1960) -- Sardonicus / Ray Russell (1961) -- The aquarium / Carl Jacobi (1962) -- T...
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Violence & gore
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Graphic violence, body horror, and dismemberment across multiple stories
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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LGBTQ+ characters and themes in Poppy Z. Brite story
Religious content
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Clergy, rituals, and damnation motifs in multiple tales
Magic & witchcraft
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Fantasy magic and spell elements in scattered stories
Occult / demonology
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Demons, possession, hell, and ritual magic recur throughout
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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