The Mammoth Book of Terror

INTRODUCTION: RECREATING THE TERROR copyright © Stephen Jones 2004.

FRUITING BODIES copyright © Brian Lumley 1988. Originally published in Weird Tales No. 291, Summer 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agents, Dorian Literary Agency.

NEEDLE SONG copyright © Gary Hoppenstand 1979. Originally published in Midnight Sun Number 5. Reprinted by permission of the author.

TURBO-SATAN copyright © Christopher Fowler 2004.

TALKING IN THE DARK copyright © Dennis Etchison 1984. Originally published in Shadows 7. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE CIRCUS copyright © Sydney J. Bounds 1980. Originally published in The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Cosmos Literary Agency.

FOET copyright © F. Paul Wilson 1991. Originally published in Borderlands 2: An Anthology of Imaginative Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE CANDLE IN THE SKULL copyright © Basil Copper 1984. Originally published in Hallowe’en Hauntings. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE CHIMNEY copyright © Stuart David Schiff 1977. Originally published in Whispers: An Anthology of Fantasy and Horror. Reprinted by permission of the author.

DARK WINGS copyright © Phyllis Eisenstein 1982. Originally published in Shadows 5. Reprinted by permission of the author.

REFLECTION OF EVIL copyright © Graham Masterton 2004. Originally published in an abridged version as “Half-Sick of Shadows” on www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires. Reprinted by permission of the author.

MIRROR OF THE NIGHT copyright © E.C. Tubb 1988. Originally published in Fantasy Annual #2. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Cosmos Literary Agency.

MAYPOLE copyright © Brian Mooney 2004.

UNDER THE CRUST copyright © Terry Lamsley 1993. Originally published in Under the Crust. Reprinted by permission of the author.

TIR NAN OG copyright © Lisa Tuttle 1999. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1999. Reprinted by permission of the author.

A LIVING LEGEND copyright © R. Chetwynd-Hayes 1982. Originally published in Tales from Beyond. Reprinted by permission of the author’s Estate.

WAKE-UP CALL copyright © David J. Schow 2004.

THE FOURTH SEAL copyright © Stuart David Schiff 1981. Originally published in Whispers III. Reprinted by permission of The Karl Edward Wagner Literary Group.

UNLOCKED copyright © Tanith Lee and John Kaiine 2004.

CLOSING TIME copyright © Neil Gaiman 2003. Originally published in McSweeny’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales. Reprinted by permission of the author.

IT WAS THE HEAT copyright © Pat Cadigan 1988. Originally published in Tropical Chills. Reprinted by permission of the author.

FODDER copyright © Tim Lebbon and Brian Keene 2002. Originally published in Shivers. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

OPEN DOORS copyright © Michael Marshall Smith 2003. Originally published in More Tomorrow & Other Stories. Reprinted by permission of the author.

ANDROMEDA AMONG THE STONES copyright © Caitlín R. Kiernan 2002. Originally published in Andromeda Among the Stones. Reprinted by permission of the author.

FLOWERS ON THEIR BRIDLES, HOOVES IN THE AIR copyright © Glen Hirshberg 2003. Originally published on SciFi.com, August 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Anderson Grinberg Literary Management, Inc.

AMERIKANSKI DEAD AT THE MOSCOW MORGUE OR: CHILDREN OF MARX AND COCA-COLA copyright © Kim Newman 1999. Originally published in 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense. Reprinted by permission of the author.

AMONG THE WOLVES copyright © David Case 1971. Originally published in Fengriffen: A Chilling Tale. Reprinted by permission of the author.