''Robert Bloch's Psychos'' is a 1997

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that was being edited by American writer

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime fiction, crime, psychological horror fiction, horror and Fantasy Fiction, fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and ...

until his death in 1994.

Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...

completed the editorial work posthumously.

List of stories

The book featured the following stories by contributing authors from the

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: * "

Autopsy Room Four "Autopsy Room Four" is a short story by American writer Stephen King. It was first published in King's limited-edition collection '' Six Stories'' in 1997 and appeared in the anthology '' Robert Bloch's Psychos'' later the same year. In 2002, it ...

" by

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* "Haunted" by Charles L. Grant * "Out There in the Darkness" by Ed Gorman * "Please Help Me" by

Richard Christian Matheson Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays, the son of fiction writer and screenwriter Richard Matheson. He is the author of over 100 short stories of psychological horror and magi ...

* "The Lesser of Two Evils" by

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* "Point of Intersection" by Dominick Cancilla * "Doctor, Lawyer, Kansas City Chief" by Brent Monahan * "Grandpa's Head" by

Lawrence Watt-Evans Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans (another pseudonym, used primarily for science fiction, is Nathan Archer). Biography Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, as ...

* "Lonelyhearts" by Esther M. Friesner * "Lighting the Corpses" by

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* "Echoes" by Cindie Geddes * "Lifeline" by

Yvonne Navarro Yvonne Navarro (born 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author who has published over twenty novels. Of those twenty, the titles ''AfterAge'', ''deadrush'', ''Final Impact'', ''Red Shadows'', ''DeadTimes'', ''That's Not My Name'' and ''M ...

* "Blameless" by

David Niall Wilson David Niall Wilson (born 1959 in Clay County, Illinois) is an American writer primarily known for his works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction. He is also the founder and CEO of Crossroad Press, a publishing house for horror and sci ...

* "Deep Down There" by Clark Perry * "Knacker Man" by

Richard Parks Richard David Parks (born 14 August 1977) is a former Wales international rugby union player turned extreme endurance athlete and television presenter. In rugby he represented Newport RFC, Pontypridd RFC, Celtic Warriors, Leeds Tykes, Perpign ...

* "So You Wanna Be a Hitman" by

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* "The Rug" by Edo van Belkom * "Interview with a Psycho" by

Billie Sue Mosiman Billie Sue Mosiman (born Stahl; June 5, 1947 – December 26, 2018) was an American writer. Mosiman was known for her novels and over 200 short stories that encompassed the genres of horror, science fiction, fantasy, thrillers and suspense fictio ...

* "Icewall" by William D. Gagliani * "A Southern Night" by

Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 400 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...

* "The Forgiven" by Stephen M. Rainey * "Safe" by

Gary A. Braunbeck Gary A. Braunbeck (born July 1, 1960) is an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror author. Biography Braunbeck was born in Newark, Ohio (the city that serves as the model for the fictitious Cedar Hill in many of his stories). He ...

References

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