A collection of short stories for horror lovers, various subgenres, and directions. The authors included in the anthology range from the most famous, titled, and even classic (Barker, Bierce, Brite) to almost unknown in Russia. What unites all the stories is a nontrivial plot and an unpredictable ending.
Contents:
1. David J. Shaw — “Made!”
2. Kim Newman — “Spasm of Color”
3. Ambrose Bierce — “The Spiteful Scrimmage”
4. Ambrose Bierce — “A Case on the Bridge Over Owl Creek”
5. Neil Gaiman — “What You Are Like?”
6. Glen Hirshberg — “Yankee Dads”
7. Poppy Z. Brite — “O Death, Where Is Thy Kitchen?”
8. Poppy Z. Brite — “Marisol”
9. Clive Barker — “Madonna”
10. Ian Watson — “The Eye of the Ayatollah”