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The Morrow anthology of great Western short stories
By Jon Tuska. 1997
This collection of twenty-eight western short stories from the 1920s-1990s includes works by renowned writers such as Zane Grey, Max…
Brand, Conrad Richter, Alan LeMay, and Cherry Wilson, as well as contemporary tales by Richard Wheeler, Ernest Haycox, and Cynthia Haseloff. Some strong languageMore deadly than the male: masterpieces from the queens of horror
By Graeme Davis. 2020
Toil and trouble: 15 tales of women & witchcraft
By Nova Ren Suma, Brenna Yovanoff, Elizabeth May, Andrea Cremer, Zoraida Córdova, Jessica Spotswood, Brandy Colbert, Robin Talley, Lindsay Smith, Emery Lord, Tess Sharpe, Shveta Thakrar, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Kate Hart. 2018
Compilation of fifteen feminist tales of women embracing their magical powers and witchcraft. In Tehlor Kay Mejia's "Starsong," sixteen-year-old Esperanza,…
a bruja, surprises herself when she connects on social media with a skeptic, a NASA-loving girl. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Editor Datlow has selected twenty-eight standout stories from ten years' worth of her "best of the year" horror anthologies. Authors…
in the collection include Suzy McKee Charnas, Peter Straub, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, Brian Evenson, and Neil Gaiman. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2018More deadly than the male: masterpieces from the queens of horror
By Graeme Davis. 2019
This collection of twenty-six stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcases the prominent role of women in the…
formation of the horror genre. Includes stories from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and more. Some violence. 2019Echoes: the Saga anthology of ghost stories
By Alice Hoffman, Ford Madox Ford, Ellen Datlow, Pat Cadigan, F. Marion Crawford, Joyce Carol Oates, Garth Nix, John Langan, Jeffrey Ford, Richard Kadrey, Dale Bailey, Nick Mamatas, Terry Dowling, Stephen Graham Jones, Brian Evenson, Alison Littlewood, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Lee Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Gemma Files, Siobhan Carroll, Aliette De Bodard, Richard Bowes, Indrapramit Das, Carole Johnstone, Bracken Macleod, Vincent J. Masterson, M. Rickert, M. L. Siemienowicz, A. C. Wise. 2019
A collection of contemporary short stories about ghosts which range from eerie to terrifying, most original to this anthology. Authors…
include Seanan McGuire, Richard Kadrey, Gemma Files, Garth Nix, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, and Paul Tremblay. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019Poetry and tales (Library of America Edgar Allan Poe Edition #1)
By Edgar Allan Poe, Patrick F. Quinn. 1984
Collection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry and tales presented chronologically to showcase his development as a writer. Includes the five…
scenes from "Politian," his one attempt at drama. Edited by Patrick F. Quinn. 1984The mammoth book of best new horror: v. 24 (Mammoth Books)
By Stephen Jones. 2013
Twenty-two horror stories selected as the best of 2012, with an overview of the year in horror publishing and media…
and a necrology of those who died that year. Authors include Ramsey Campbell, Alison Littlewood, Gemma Files, Neil Gaiman, and more. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2013Mash up: stories inspired by famous first lines
By Gardner Dozois, Tad Williams, John Scalzi. 2016
In this anthology, authors take inspiration for their stories from the first lines of famous works of literature. Includes stories…
by John Scalzi, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Nancy Kress, Robert Charles Wilson, Lavie Tidhar, Mary Robinette Kowal, and many others. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Dead man's hand: an anthology of the weird west
By Orson Scott Card, Kelley Armstrong, John Joseph Adams. 2014
Twenty-three weird wild-west tales, featuring an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time-travelers, and a steampunk bordello.…
Includes works by Orson Scott Card, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Beth Revis, Walter Jon Williams, and more. Some violence and some strong language. 2014The big book of ghost stories (Vintage crime/Black Lizard original)
By Otto Penzler. 2012
Seventy-nine ghost stories--written over a span of more than a century--organized around themes such as haunted houses, trains, and seances.…
Includes tales by Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Chet Williamson, and others. With brief biographical sketches of the authors. Some violence and some strong language. 2012New Cthulhu: the recent weird
By Neil Gaiman, Charles Stross, Cherie Priest, Caitlin R. Kiernan, China Miéville, Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman, Sarah Monette, Paula Guran, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Rafael Tavares. 2011
Twenty-seven previously published short stories in the tradition of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Contributing authors include Neil Gaiman, Caitl�in Kiernan,…
and China Mi�eville. In Laird Barron's "Old Virginia" a Cold War-era CIA agent on a secret assignment doesn't realize he's fighting supernatural forces, not communists. Some violence. 2011The Mammoth book of best new horror: v. 23
By Stephen Jones. 2012
Twenty-six tales of terror, including works by David Buchan, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, and others. Provides resources…
and a necrology of notable contributors to the genre's various media who died in 2011. Strong language and some violence. 2012Thirty-six tales of demonic lore, fallen angels, and the devil. Includes stories by Lovecraft and Poe, an excerpt from Danielle…
Trussoni's novel Angelology (DB 70757), and essays analyzing Satan's historical roots and demons in popular culture. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. Bram Stoker Award. 2011Wyoming tough (Wyoming Men #1)
By Diana Palmer. 2011
Morie Brannt, denied the opportunity to work on her wealthy father's Texas ranch, takes a job incognito on Mallory Kirk's…
Wyoming spread to learn the business. The two manage to hide their attraction--until a crisis leaves Mallory in danger. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011Wastelands: stories of the Apocalypse
By John Joseph Adams. 2008
Twenty-two short stories of postapocalyptic fiction. In Stephen King's "The End of the Whole Mess," Howard Fornoy recounts the life…
of his genius brother, Bobby, before his intelligence destroyed the world. Includes tales by Orson Scott Card, Dale Bailey, and others. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2008Roundup!: Western Writers of America presents great stories of the West from today's leading Western writers
By Paul Andrew Hutton. 2010
An anthology of short stories and essays together with a few poems written by twenty-seven of today's top Western writers.…
Also included is the western novella "The Big Guns," by Andrew Fenady. 2020More Kentucky ghost stories
By Michael Paul Henson, Michael P. Henson. 2020
Montana, Warts and All: the best from our first decade
By Pete Fromm, Maryanne Vollers, William Kittredge, Alan Kesselheim, Tim Cahill, John Clayton, Thomas Lee, Jeff Welsch, Malcolm Brooks, Glen Chamberlain, Daniel Person, Milana Marsenich, Allen Morris Jones, Scott McMillion, Jennifer Graf Groneberg, Fred Haefele, Jeff Hull, Ed Kemmick, Butch Larcombe, Myers Reece, Megan Ault Regnerus, Gail Schontzler, Craig Lancaster, John Byorth. 2015
The mammoth book of best new horror: v. 18 (Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Ser.)
By Stephen Jones. 2007
Twenty-five horror and fantasy tales. Includes Glen Hirshberg's "Devil's Smile," Geoff Ryman's "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter," and works by Peter…
Atkins, Elizabeth Hand, and Mark Morris. Provides a genre overview for 2006, author bios, and addresses of related organizations. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2007