CONTENTS

Introduction: Horror in 1990

THE EDITORS

The First Time

K.W. JETER

A Short Guide to the City

PETER STRAUB

Stephen

ELIZABETH MASSIE

The Dead Love You

JONATHAN CARROLL

Jane Doe#112

HARLAN ELLISON

Shock Radio

RAY GARTON

The Man Who Drew Cats

MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH

The Co-Op

MELANIE TEM

Negatives

NICHOLAS ROYLE

The Last Feast of Harlequin

THOMAS LIGOTTI

1/72nd Scale

IAN R. MacLEOD

Cedar Lane

KARL EDWARD WAGNER

At a Window Facing West

KIM ANTIEAU

Inside the Walled City

GARRY KILWORTH

On the Wing

JEAN-DANIEL BREQUE

Firebird

J.L. COMEAU

Incident on a Rainy Night in Beverly Hills

DAVID J. SCHOW

His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood

POPPY Z. BRITE

The Original Dr Shade

KIM NEWMAN

Madge

D.F. LEWIS

Alive in Venice

CHERRY WILDER

Divertimento

GREGORY FROST

Pelts

F. PAUL WILSON

Those of Rhenea

DAVID SUTTON

Lord of the Land

GENE WOLFE

Aquarium

STEVE RASNIC TEM

Mister Ice Cold

GAHAN WILSON

On the Town Route

ELIZABETH HAND

Necrology: 1990

STEPHEN JONES & KIM NEWMAN