Publication: Prime Evil

Publication: Prime EvilPublication Record # 221549
Editor: Douglas E. Winter
Date: 1988-06-00
ISBN: 0-453-00572-1 [978-0-453-00572-2]
Publisher: NAL Books / New American Library
Price:
$18.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 322
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Prime Evil by Thomas Canty
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- "First Printing, June, 1988" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".
- The title page has the subtitle "New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror
- Publisher name as printed on title page is "NAL Books (over) New American Library"
- "Published simultaneously in Canada by The New American Library of Canada Limited" Price in Canada: C$26.95
- Complete Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data printed on the copyright page, including the ISBN and LCCN
- "Designed by Julian Hamer" stated on the copyright page.
- "Jacket design by Thomas Canty" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
- "H572" (meaning unknown) printed on the back of the dustjacket.
- Anthology is divided into five sections
  - In the Court of the Crimson King (includes stories by King, Hazel, and Etchison)
  - Turn to Earth (includes stories by Barker, Tessier, and Harrison)
  - Secrets (includes stories by Morrell and Straub)
  - Spinning Tales (includes stories by Grant, Ligotti, and Campbell)
  - By Reason of Darkness (includes stories by Strieber and Cady)
- All stories are original to this anthology. Etchison's story appeared a month early in his collection The Blood Kiss.
External IDs:
- LCCN: 87-34722
- OCLC/WorldCat: 17260145
- Reginald-3: 37164

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Anthology Title: Prime Evil • anthology by Douglas E. Winter

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Introduction (Prime Evil) • essay by Douglas E. Winter
13 • The Night Flier • novelette by Stephen King
49 • Having a Woman at Lunch • non-genre • short story by Paul Hazel
59 • The Blood Kiss • (1988) • novelette by Dennis Etchison
83 • Coming to Grief • novelette by Clive Barker
107 • Food • short story by Thomas Tessier
121 • The Great God Pan • novelette by M. John Harrison
147 • Orange Is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity • novelette by David Morrell
181 • The Juniper Tree • [Blue Rose (Peter Straub)] • novelette by Peter Straub
215 • Spinning Tales with the Dead • short story by Charles L. Grant
229 • Alice's Last Adventure • (1985) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
247 • Next Time You'll Know Me • short story by Ramsey Campbell
259 • The Pool • short story by Whitley Strieber
269 • By Reason of Darkness • novella by Jack Cady

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Publication: Prime Evil

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