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Ed Gorman, winner of numerous awards, including the Shamus, the Spur, and the International Fiction Writer’s Award, is the author of many novels, including Cold Blue Midnight and the first two Sam McCain mysteries, The Day the Music Died and Wake Up Little Susie. He has also been nominated for the Edgar, the Anthony, the Golden Dagger, and the Bram Stoker Awards. He lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 1995 Martin H. Greenberg was honored by the Mystery Writers of America with the Ellery Queen Award for lifetime achievement in mystery editing. He is also the recipient of two Anthony awards. Mystery Scene magazine called him "the best mystery anthologist since Ellery Queen." He has compiled more than 1,000 anthologies and is the president of TEKNO books. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.… (meer)
A Day in the Life • F. Paul Wilson Mother Tucker • James Kisner The Hunt • Richard Laymon Miss December • Rex Miller Lizardman • Robert R. McCammon A Matter of Principal [Quarry] • Max Allan Collins Rivereños • Trish Janeshutz Flight • John Coyne Jezebel • J. N. Williamson Stalker • Ed Gorman Children of Cain • Al Sarrantonio A Matter of Firing • John Maclay The Sacred Fire [Newford] • Charles de Lint What Chelsea Said • Michael Seidman The Stalker of Souls • Edward D. Hoch Getting the Job Done • Rick Hautala Trapped • Dean R. Koontz Pilots • Joe R. Lansdale & Dan Lowry Darwinian Facts - Barry Malzberg
This anthology was all right - but no great stand-out gems here, I'm afraid. I'd like to reiterate my opinion that Dean Koontz may be the most overrated author of all time, as said opinion has been strengthened by reading his "the rats of NIMH go EVIL!!!" story here.... Also have to mention that I think TWO stories about truckers getting killed off for revenge is one too many for one book... The Rex Miller story is rather clever, but more a detective tale than horror. ( )
Maybe they do in books what they do in record albums, e.g., they take one well known winner and surround it with unknown and never-heard-of songs, or in this case, stories, to sell the record (book). koontz is the only author i have even heard of, although i will admit i have heard of a book or two here and there the others have written. the collection just isn't that good. ( )
STALKERS is an anthology of 3 novellas and 16 short stories contributed by authors I was familiar with and many I wasn't. True connoisseurs of horror fiction probably are familiar with them all, but for me, this was a nice taste of many different writing styles. Some were very successful; others fell flat.
This was definitely a nice grouping of authors and if you like the short story format, it was pretty good. You could do worse. ( )
Ed Gorman, winner of numerous awards, including the Shamus, the Spur, and the International Fiction Writer’s Award, is the author of many novels, including Cold Blue Midnight and the first two Sam McCain mysteries, The Day the Music Died and Wake Up Little Susie. He has also been nominated for the Edgar, the Anthony, the Golden Dagger, and the Bram Stoker Awards. He lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 1995 Martin H. Greenberg was honored by the Mystery Writers of America with the Ellery Queen Award for lifetime achievement in mystery editing. He is also the recipient of two Anthony awards. Mystery Scene magazine called him "the best mystery anthologist since Ellery Queen." He has compiled more than 1,000 anthologies and is the president of TEKNO books. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Mother Tucker • James Kisner
The Hunt • Richard Laymon
Miss December • Rex Miller
Lizardman • Robert R. McCammon
A Matter of Principal [Quarry] • Max Allan Collins
Rivereños • Trish Janeshutz
Flight • John Coyne
Jezebel • J. N. Williamson
Stalker • Ed Gorman
Children of Cain • Al Sarrantonio
A Matter of Firing • John Maclay
The Sacred Fire [Newford] • Charles de Lint
What Chelsea Said • Michael Seidman
The Stalker of Souls • Edward D. Hoch
Getting the Job Done • Rick Hautala
Trapped • Dean R. Koontz
Pilots • Joe R. Lansdale & Dan Lowry
Darwinian Facts - Barry Malzberg
This anthology was all right - but no great stand-out gems here, I'm afraid.
I'd like to reiterate my opinion that Dean Koontz may be the most overrated author of all time, as said opinion has been strengthened by reading his "the rats of NIMH go EVIL!!!" story here....
Also have to mention that I think TWO stories about truckers getting killed off for revenge is one too many for one book...
The Rex Miller story is rather clever, but more a detective tale than horror. (