Publication: The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XIII

Publication: The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XIIIPublication Record # 50772
Editor: Karl Edward Wagner
Date: 1985-10-00
ISBN: 0-88677-086-6 [978-0-88677-086-0]
Catalog ID: 88677-UE2086
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 648
Price:
$2.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 251
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XIII by Michael Whelan
Notes:
- "First Printing, October 1985 / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
- Cover art credited to Whelan on copyright page, no visible signature
- DAW Collectors Book No. 648
- Catalog # 88677-UE2086 on the front cover and the ISBN 0-88677-086-6 on the spine and back cover bar code.
- This publication has an author bio immediately before each story that also included the birth date and place for each author. This was used to update/verify the author records.
- $3.50 in Canada
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 13277931

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Contents (view Concise Listing)

11 • Introduction: 13 Is a Lucky Number • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
13 • Mrs. Todd's Shortcut • [Castle Rock] • (1984) • novelette by Stephen King
41 • Are You Afraid of the Dark? • (1984) • short story by Charles L. Grant
59 • Catch Your Death • (1984) • short story by John Gordon
72 • Dinner Party • (1984) • short story by Gardner Dozois
88 • Tiger in the Snow • (1984) • short story by Daniel Wynn Barber
94 • Watch the Birdie • (1984) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
101 • Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You • (1984) • novelette by David J. Schow (variant of Coming Soon to a Theater Near You)
121 • Hands with Long Fingers • (1984) • short story by Leslie Halliwell
133 • Weird Tales • (1984) • short story by Fred Chappell
145 • The Wardrobe • (1983) • short story by Jovan Panich
161 • Angst for the Memories • (1984) • short story by Vincent McHardy
170 • The Thing in the Bedroom • (1984) • short story by David Langford
181 • Borderland • (1984) • short story by John Brizzolara
191 • The Scarecrow • (1984) • short story by Roger Johnson
204 • The End of the World • (1984) • short story by James B. Hemesath
217 • Never Grow Up • (1984) • short story by John Gordon
224 • Deadlights • (1984) • short story by Charles Wagner
233 • Talking in the Dark • (1984) • short story by Dennis Etchison

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