''MetaHorror'' is an anthology of stories edited by
Dennis Etchison
Dennis William Etchison (March 30, 1943 – May 29, 2019) was an American writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. . It was published by
Dell Abyss in
July 1992. The anthology contains, among several other stories, the
Peter Straub
Peter Francis Straub (; March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022) was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them ''Julia'' (1975), ''Ghost Story'' (1979) and ''The Talisman'' (198 ...
short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...
"The Ghost Village", which was original to the anthology and won the 1993
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story
The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk of a "plu ...
.
The anthology itself won the 1993
World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology
The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk of a "plu ...
.
Contents
* Introduction (MetaHorror), by Dennis Etchison
* "Blues and the Abstract Truth", by Barry N. Malzberg and Jack Dann
* "Are You Now?", by Scott Edelman
* "Stab", by Lawrence Watt-Evans
* "Mutilator", by Richard Christian Matheson
* "Martyrdom", by Joyce Carol Oates
* "Briar Rose", by Kim Antieau
* "Replacements", by Lisa Tuttle
* "Ziggles", by Donald R. Burleson
* "End of the Line", by Ramsey Campbell
* "Did They Get You to Trade?", by Karl Edward Wagner
* "GIFCO", by M. John Harrison
* "The Properties of the Beast", by Whitley Strieber
* "In Praise of Folly", by Thomas Tessier
* "The Visit", by William F. Nolan
* "The Ring of Truth", by George Clayton Johnson
* "Nothing Will Hurt You", by David Morrell
* "Underground", by Steve Rasnic Tem
* "Bucky Goes to Church", by Robert Devereaux
* "Dumbarton Oaks", by Barry N. Malzberg
* "Novena", by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
* "The Ghost Village", by Peter Straub
Reprints
*
Donald M. Grant, January 1993.
References
1992 anthologies
Horror anthologies
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