Tired of the everyday grind? Got a lousy tension headache? Having crazy thoughts about tossing your boss out a window, feeding your old man through the blender, bricking up your wife in the basement? Need an escape before you do something nasty? Here's a book that may help for a few minutes, long enough to catch your breath. Sixteen stories of mayhem and panic, fear and fantasy by the writer the Louisville Courier-Journal & Times says "is currently the leading craftsman in the literature of terror and dread": Harlan Ellison winner of the Mystery Writers of America award for Best Short Story (included here). This book will at least reassure you: even looneytune paranoids really have enemies.
Source · Open Library
Contents
- 1The Whimper of Whipped Dogsshort story
- 2Eddie, You're My Friendshort story
- 3Status Quo at Troyden'sshort story
- 4Two Inches in Tomorrow's Columnshort story
- 5Nedra at f:5.6short story
- 6Opposites Attractshort story
- 7Toe the Lineshort story
- 8Down in the Darkshort story
- 9Pride in the Professionshort story
- 10The Children's Hourshort story
- 11Murder Baitshort story
- 12Thicker Than Bloodshort story
- 13Promises of Laughtershort story
- 14Ormond Always Pays His Billsshort story
- 15The Man on the Juice Wagonshort story
- 16Tired Old Manshort story
