The Dark

New Ghost Stories

By: Ellen Datlow (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 September 2004

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Modern audiences have long inured themselves to fear, trained themselves to shut off their childish nighttime terrors and scoff in the face of deliberate scares. But award winning anthologist Ellen Datlow--called "the genre's sharpest assembler of strange, dark fictions" by William Gibson, author of "Neuromancer"--was convinced that there was life in the ghost story yet. So she challenged a list of varied and talented contributors to scare the heck out of her.
The resultant collection singlehandedly redefines the ghost story, going far beyond the accustomed tropes and gore of horror stories to consider the only realm that still truly scares us: the unknown. "The Dark" takes a nuanced and disquieting look at the tormented and unquiet dead; the darkness in us, the living; and the sometimes tenuous boundary between the two.
Under the covers of "The Dark," you will find a gathering of sixteen original, unique ghost stories, deftly penned by authors versed in the argot of the damned, including Ramsey Campbell, Jeffrey Ford, Glen Hirshberg, Tanith Lee, Kelly Link, Sharyn McCrumb, Joyce Carol Oates, Lucius Shepard, and Gahan Wilson. No two stories are alike; all are calculated to make it hard to be alone with the lights out. This is the stuff nightmares are made of.

Industry Reviews

."sure to provide a yardstick by which future ghost fiction will be measured." ."one of those must-buy anthologies for anyone who enjoys well-written ghost stories that will have readers starting at shadows and turning on nightlights." "The ghost story is making a comeback, editor Datlow says. To prove the point, she presents 16 brand-new examples, agreeably varied in locale, period, and style..." "ï¿½Aï¿½ first rate collection of very diverse ghost stories, which range from traditional ghosts to ghosts that aren't actually that at all." ."..sure to provide a yardstick by which future ghost fiction will be measured." "[A] first rate collection of very diverse ghost stories, which range from traditional ghosts to ghosts that aren''t actually that at all." ."..one of those must-buy anthologies for anyone who enjoys well-written ghost stories that will have readers starting at shadows and turning on nightlights." "Death will always have its sting and entities from beyond the grave will remain unsettling; most of us are haunted by something. Datlow''s The Dark proves there is quite a gamut to run when it comes to the modern ghost and there are still chills to be found in spectral stories." " This book is sure to provide a yardstick by which future ghost fiction will be measured."--"Publishers Weekly "(Starred Review)"" "Top-drawer."--"Kirkus Reviews" "This book is sure to provide a yardstick by which future ghost fiction will be measured." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Top-drawer." --Kirkus Reviews This book is sure to provide a yardstick by which future ghost fiction will be measured. "Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)"

Top-drawer. "Kirkus Reviews""

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