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    The Dark: New Ghost Stories

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    Ghosts are among us. On the other side of death, the spirits of departed souls have been part of human myths and beliefs as long as anyone can recall. Some of the most powerful and affecting images in fiction are of ghosts, spirits, visitations from beyond the veil of death.
    Ellen Datlow, an editor whose stellar career has garnered her World Fantasy Awards, a Stoker Award, and a Hugo Award, has long been fascinated by ghosts. Now she has brought together an array of all-new, original ghost stories for the shivering delight of readers who are ready to be frightened.
    And that's no idle threat. These are not friendly ghost stories. This book is called The Dark because the editor asked her favorite authors specifically for stories that would provoke fear or disquietude, tales that would cause shivers down the spine and make readers want to keep a light on when they retire to bed for the night. The authors who answered her call compose an all-star cast of brilliant storytellers, including such award-winning, certifiably masterful authors as Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford, Charles L. Grant, Glen Hirshberg, Kathe Koja, Tanith Lee, Kelly Link, Sharyn McCrumb, Joyce Carol Oates, Lucius Shepard, and Gahan Wilson. Frighteningly good writers. Each has penned a unique tale unlike any of the others. All have cast dark spells that are sure to inspire fear or unease in the hardiest of readers.



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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 1, 2004
    ISBN9781466817685
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    • 4/5
      It took me nearly two months of searching, but I finally found a collection of ghost stories I really like. (That isn't M.R. James, Sarah Monette, or Algernon Blackwood, that is.) Of course, it's an Ellen Datlow collection. I should have known. "Limbo" by Lucius Shepard was rather wonderful (up to a disappointing twist at the end), but the standout for me was Tanith Lee's "The Ghost of the Clock." Had me checking behind me all evening.

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    • 4/5
      A collection of new stories, never before published, by some pretty heavy hitters -- including, Tanith Lee, Gahan Wilson, Ramsey Campbell, Joyce Carol Oates & Lucius Shepard. Inevitably, the quality is variable, but not egregiously so. My favorites tend towards the more elliptical, particularly: "The Silence of the Falling Stars" by Mike O'Driscoll, "An Amicable Divorce" by Daniel Abraham, and, especially, "Dancing Men" by Glen Hirshberg. The latter is a truly exceptional story that mingles themes as diverse as the Holocaust and Native American ritual, while being filled with ghastly little comic bits.

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