[Borderlands 05] • From the Borderlands · Stories of Terror and Madness

Editors Elizabeth E. and Thomas F. Monteleone have reapeatedly transformed teh landscape of the modern horror story with their acclaimed Borderlands anthologies. Now in an indispensable new collection, they present twenty-five all-original tales of terror by today's acclaimed masters and the best new voices in horror fiction, including:

Stephen King

Whitley Strieber

John Farris

Tom Piccirilli

David J. Schow

Bentley Little

...and many others.

Shocking and cutting edge, these tales of doom, depravity, and menace will chill your blood and haunt your soul. From fantastic supernatural terrors to the very real horrors waiting outside your own front door, these stories expand the boundaries of fear and madness...

--back cover

Contents:

Rami temporalis / Gary Braunbeck --

All hands / John R. Platt --

Faith will make you free / Holly Newstein --

N0072-JKI / Adam Corbin Fusco --

Time for me / Barry Hoffman --

The growth of Alan Ashley / Bill Gauthier --

The goat / Whitt Pond --

Prisoner 392 / Jon F. Merz --

The food processor / Michael Canfield --

Story time with the BlueField strangler / John Farris --

Answering the call / Brian Freeman --

Smooth operator / Dominick Cancilla --

Father Bob and Bobby / Whitley Strieber --

A thing / Barbara Malenky --

The planting / Bentley Little --

Infliction / John McIlveen --

Dysfunction / Darren O. Godfrey --

The thing too hideous to describe / David J. Schow --

Slipknot / Brett Alexander Savory --

Magic numbers / Gene O. Neill --

Head music / Lon Prater --

Around it still the sumac grows / Tom Piccirilli --

Annabell / L. Lynn Young --

One of those weeks / Bev Vincent --

Stationary bike / Stephen King.