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Edited by Stephen Jones
(a) Jo Fletcher Books/Quercus, UK • hc • £18.99
ISBN: 978-0-85738-808-7
(b) Jo Fletcher Books/Quercus, UK • tp • £14.99
ISBN: 978-0-85738-809-4
Cover by Les Edwards
(c) PS Publishing/Cemetery Dance Publications, UK/USA (July, 2012) • hc (1,000-copy Limited Signed Edition, numbered and signed by the editor and cover artist) • £35.00/$59.00
ISBN 978-1-848632-92-9
Cover by Les Edwards
Frontispiece by Les Edwards
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(d) St. Martin's Press Griffin, USA (2012) • tp • $15.99
ISBN: 978-1-250-01852-6
[Note: This also exists in an Advance Reading Copy with paper covers.]
Cover by Rafael Sarmento
(e) St. Martin's Griffin, USA (2012) • hc
ISBN: 978-1-250-62090-298-1
[Note: Book Club edition with code 1362602 on back cover.]
Cover by Rafael Sarmento
(f) Jo Fletcher Books/Quercus, UK (2012) • tp • £9.99
ISBN 978-0-85738-811-7
(2nd printing, 2012)
[Note: The 2nd printing doesn't have the embossed cover.]
Cover by Les Edwards
(g) as KNIHA HRŮZY
Laser-books, Czech Republic (2012) • hc • 359 Koruna
ISBN 978-80-7193-361-8
Cover by Les Edwards
(h) PS Publishing/Cemetery Dance Publications, UK/USA (2013) • hc (100-copy
Leatherbound Deluxe Hardcover Edition in a handmade custom traycase signed by all the
contributors, of which 83 copies are available for sale) • £595.00/$999.00
Traycase by Les Edwards
(i) [as THE LITTLE GREEN GOD OF AGONY & OTHER STORIES]
Bard, Bulgaria (2013) • tp • 15.99 lev/8.20 €
ISBN 978-954-655-394-2
Cover by Paul Mudie
[Note: This edition is credited on the cover to Stephen King and Paul Mudie's art was used without permission.]
(j) [as CARTEA ORORILOR 1]
SuspansNemira Publishing House, Romania (October, 2013) • tp • 19.17 Lei
ISBN 978-606-579-662-1
Cover by Cristian Florescu
[Note: Translated by Adriana Voicu. This volume drops the stories by Ramsey Campbell, Robert Shearman, Lisa Tuttle,
Reggie Oliver, Michael Marshall Smith, Elizabeth Hand and Richard Christian Matheson.]
(k) [as CARTEA ORORILOR 2]
SuspansNemira Publishing House, Romania (February, 2015) • tp • 31.69 Lei
ISBN 978-606-579-663-8
Cover by Cristian Florescu
[Note: Translated by Oana Ionascu and Mihai-Dan Pavelescu. This volume drops the Introduction and the stories by Stephen King, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Peter Crowther, Angela Slatter, Brian Hodge, Dennis Etchison and John Ajvide Lindqvist.]
(l) [as IL LIBRO DEGLI ORRORI]
Independent Legions Publishing/Edizione Collection, Italy (October 2018) • tp (limited to 1,200 numbered copies) • €23
ISBN: 978-88-31959-12-14
Cover by Wendy Saber Core
[Note: Translated by Daniele Bonfanti, Nicola Lombardi, Francesca Noto and Chiara Beltrami.]
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Don't turn out the lights . . . but open the cover, if you dare, and reveal the chilling delights
that await you within the pages of A Book of Horrors. Stephen Jones, Britain's acclaimed horror editor,
has gathered together masters of the macabre from across the world in this cornucopia of classic chills and
modern menaces. Within these pages you will discover the most successful and exciting writers of horror
and dark fantasy today, with a spine-chilling selection of stories displaying the full diversity of the
genre, from classic pulp style to more contemporary psychological tales, to cutting-edge terror fiction
that will leave you uneasily looking over your shoulder, or in the wardrobe, or under the
bed . . . A Book of Horrors: an original anthology of all-new horror and dark fantasy fiction,
in all its many and magnificent guises, by those devoted to the Dark Side.
| INTRODUCTION: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HORROR? |
Stephen Jones |
| THE LITTLE GREEN GOD OF AGONY |
Stephen King |
| CHARCLOTH, FIRESTEEL AND FLINT |
Caitlín R. Kiernan |
| GHOSTS WITH TEETH |
Peter Crowther |
| THE COFFIN-MAKER'S DAUGHTER |
Angela Slatter |
| ROOTS AND ALL |
Brian Hodge |
| TELL ME I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN |
Dennis Etchison |
| THE MUSIC OF BENGT KARLSSON, MURDERER |
John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| GETTING IT WRONG |
Ramsey Campbell |
| ALICE THROUGH THE PLASTIC SHEET |
Robert Shearman |
| THE MAN IN THE DITCH |
Lisa Tuttle |
| A CHILD'S PROBLEM |
Reggie Oliver |
| SAD, DARK THING |
Michael Marshall Smith |
| NEAR ZENNOR |
Elizabeth Hand |
| LAST WORDS |
Richard Christian Matheson |
Nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Award
Nominated for the 2012 Shirley Jackson Award
Nominated for the 2012 World Fantasy Award
Reviews
"We cannot speak of horror anthologies without proposing another horror monument by Independent Legions Publishing. A Book of Horror is a mighty anthology edited by the famous editor Stephen Jones who in his preface clearly outlines the intent of the book: to bring horror back to its former glory."
—Cristiano Saccoccia
STAYNERD, June 22, 2020
"In short, it's an anthology with no theme—the only thing the stories have in common is consistently high quality . . . A brilliant, properly frightening book, and a good indicator of what state the top end of the genre is in."
—Stewart Horne
BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY, December 6, 2012
"One of our field's most celebrated horror editors."
—LOCUS Issue 621, October 2012
"There is no set theme as such, beyond editor Jones' tub thumping introduction eschewing the case for scary monsters. And A Book of Horrors has plenty of those."
—Peter Tennant
BLACK STATIC Issue 30, Sep-Oct 2012
"Jones stays true to his intentions, and only includes truly horrifying subject matter here."
—Jessa Sobczuk
RUE MORGUE Issue #126, September 2012
"These 14 stories, many of them by acknowledged masters of the genre (King, Campbell, Matheson) are all old-fashioned, spine-tingling horror . . . An excellent collection, and a good reminder that you can still tell terrifying horror stories, even in an age of love-stricken vampires."
—David Pitt
BOOKLIST ONLINE, July 13, 2012
"Jones (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror) passes up the coy and cute for the purely
frightening in this exemplary anthology for those who 'understand and appreciate the worth
and impact of a scary story' . . . The abundance of talent will provide ample delights and
frights for anyone in search of true classic horror."
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, July 9, 2012 (starred review)
"A Book of Horrors demonstrates a bravura and confidence that, sadly, many publishers and editors lack these days . . . a tremendous collection of stories."
—Michael Kelly
SHADOWS & TALL TREES, Issue 3, Spring 2012
"Excellent"
—TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, December 9, 2011
"A quality primer for initiates to the genre."
—Danielle Goldstein
TIME OUT, October 27-November 2, 2011
"Stephen Jones remains at the top of the tree as one of the world's premiere anthologists of stories designed to chill the blood."
—Barry Forshaw
CRIME TIME, October 20, 2011
"All in all, A Book of Horrors is a splendid collection that showcases everything that's best about both the short story and the horror anthology."
—Jess Bickham
SFX MAGAZINE No.215, December 2011
"Most of the stories in A Book of Horrors would be standouts if they were scattered across lesser anthologies. Together, they show those who might have been inclined to doubt that, whatever its market share, horror fiction is as robust and vibrant now as at any point in its long history."
—Brendan Moody
THE STARS AT NOONDAY: THOUGHTS ON WEIRD, STRANGE, AND SUPERNATURAL FICTION, October 17, 2011
"An outstanding collection . . . Stephen Jones has put horror back on the bookshelves in fine style, buy this book and make sure it stays there."
—Colin Leslie
THE BLACK ABYSS: HORROR AND DARK FICTION BOOK REVIEWS, October 15, 2011
Here is a
link to Jo Fletcher Books at FantasyCon 2011, Brighton, England
and here is another
link to read interviews with many of the contributors.
Photo © 2011 Maura McHugh
Stephen Jones, Ramsey Campbell, Reggie Oliver, Robert Shearman, Les Edwards, Peter Crowther and John Ajvide Lindqvist signing A Book of Horrors at London's Forbidden Planet, October 3rd, 2011.
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