Lights Out: Collected Stories

Douglas Clegg

авг. 2014 г. · Alkemara Press

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Dark, Scary, Thrilling, Strange, Creepy, Mysterious -- a mega-collection from a master of the fiction of nightmares. From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes this giant gathering of classic dark fiction of suspense, horror and nightmare logic, including the previously-uncollected novelette, Funerary Rites, as well as the critically-praised novelettes, White Chapel and I Am Infinite, I Contain Multitudes, and The Dark Game. A total of 700+ pages if in print. 

Also included in this collection are all the short stories from his three collections, The Nightmare Chronicles, Night Asylum and Wild Things. This is a great collection for the fan of Douglas Clegg's award-winning stories and novels as well as for the new reader of his work. 

The Nightmare Chronicles, within this collection, won both the Bram Stoker Award and The International Horror Guild Award. 

Table of Contents: 

1. Foreword by the Author 

2. Funerary Rites 

3. White Chapel 

4. The Stain 

5. The American 

6. Belinda in the Pool 

7. The Skin of the World 

8. O, Rare and Most Exquisite 

9. The Little Mermaid 

10. A Madness of Starlings 

11. Subway Turnstile 

12. Where Flies Are Born 

13. Underworld 

14. The Rendering Man 

15. The Fruit of Her Womb 

16. Becoming Men 

17. People Who Love Life 

18. Fries with That? 

19. The Machinery of Night 

20. The Wolf 

21. The Wicked 

22. 265 and Heaven 

23. The Night Before Alec Got Married 

24. Ice Palace 

25. Why My Doll is Evil 

26. The Five 

27. The Dark Game 

28. Only Connect 

29. The Ripening Sweetness of Late Afternoon 

30. Chosen 

31. Damned If You Do 

32. The Hurting Season 

33. I Am infinite, I Contain Multitudes

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Douglas Clegg is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of psychological horror, supernatural thriller, dark suspense, historical, dark fantasy novels and other aspects of “dark fiction.”
His books have been published worldwide and translated into various editions. His short fiction has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award and the Shocker Award, and has been included in several Years’ Best anthologies. Since published works include Neverland, The Priest of Blood, You Come When I Call You, The Hour Before Dark and many others He lives on the coast of Connecticut in a house called Villa Diodati.