''Shadows'' was a series of horror

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edited by Charles L. Grant, published by Doubleday from 1978 to 1991. Grant, a proponent of "quiet horror", initiated the series in order to offer readers a showcase of this kind of fiction. The short stories appearing in the ''Shadows'' largely dispensed with traditional

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settings, and had very little physical violence. Instead, they featured slow accumulations of dread through subtle omens, mostly taking place in everyday settings. While Grant himself was very adept at this kind of fiction, he contributed no stories to the anthologies, writing only the introductions and author profiles. The first volume in the series won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.

Anthology Contents

Shadows (first volume)

Published by Doubleday, 1978 *"Naples"

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(Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction) *"The Little Voice"

Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...

*"Butcher's Thumb" William Jon Watkins *"Where All the Songs Are Sad" Thomas F. Monteleone *"Splinters" R. A. Lafferty *"Picture"

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

*"The Nighthawk" Dennis Etchison *"Dead Letters"

*"A Certain Slant of Light" Raylyn Moore *"Deathlove"

Bill Pronzini Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is k ...

*"Mory" Michael Bishop *"Where Spirits Gat Them Home" John Crowley *"Nona"

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...

Shadows 2

Published by Doubleday, November 1979 *"Saturday's Shadow"

William F. Nolan William Francis Nolan (March 6, 1928 – July 15, 2021) was an American author who wrote hundreds of stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres.Jason V. Brock, "Finding Sanctuary: Running from the Zone to Logan" i ...

*"Night Visions"

Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...

*"The Spring"

Manly Wade Wellman Manly Wade Wellman (May 21, 1903 – April 5, 1986) was an American writer. While his science fiction and fantasy stories appeared in such pulps as ''Astounding Stories'', '' Startling Stories'', '' Unknown'' and '' Strange Stories'', Wellman ...

*"Valentine" Janet Fox *"Mackintosh Willie"

*"Dragon Sunday" Ruth Berman *"The White King's Dream" Elizabeth A. Lynn *"The Chair"

Alan Dean Foster Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts. Career ''Star Wars'' Foster was the ghost ...

and Jane Cozart *"Clocks" Barry N. Malzberg and

*"Holly, Don't Tell" Juleen Brantingham *"The Old Man's Will" Lee Wells *"The Closing Off of Old Doors" Peter D. Pautz *"Dead End" Richard Christian Matheson *"Seasons of Belief" Michael Bishop *"Petey" T. E. D. Klein

Shadows 3

Published by Doubleday, November 1980 *"The Brown Recluse"

Davis Grubb Davis Alexander Grubb (July 23, 1919 – July 24, 1980) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his 1953 novel '' The Night of the Hunter'', which was adapted as a film in 1955 by Charles Laughton. Biography Born in M ...

*"To See You With, My Dear" Bruce Francis *"Avenging Angel"

Ray Russell Ray Russell (September 4, 1924 – March 15, 1999) was an American editor and writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Russell is best known for his horror fiction, although he also wrote mystery and science fiction stories. His most ...

*"The Ghost Who Limped"

R. Chetwynd-Hayes Ronald Henry Glynn Chetwynd-Hayes (30 May 1919 – 20 March 2001) was a British author, known best for his ghost and horror stories. Mike Ashley , ''Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction''. Elm Tree Books, . (p. 52-3)Chris Morgan, "Chetwynd-Ha ...

*"Janey's Smile" Juleen Brantingham *"Opening a Vein" Barry N. Malzberg &

*"The Partnership"

*"Wish Hound" Pat Murphy *"Ant" Peter D. Pautz *"Tell Mommy What Happened"

Alan Ryan Alan James Ryan (born 9 May 1940) is a British philosopher. He was Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford. He was also Warden of New College, Oxford, from 1996 to 2009.. He retired as Professor Emeritus in September 2015PeAlan Ryan' ...

*"At the Bureau" Steve Rasnic Tem *"Cabin 33"

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born September 15, 1942) is an American writer. She is known for her series of historical horror novels about the vampire Count Saint-Germain. Biography Yarbro was born in Berkeley, California. She attended Berkeley sch ...

( Count Saint-Germain series)

Shadows 4

Published by Doubleday, 1981 *" The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"

*"Yours, -Guy" Robert F. Young *"The Belonging Kind"

John Shirley John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...

and

William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as ''cyberpunk''. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, hi ...

*"Calling Collect" Barry N. Malzberg and Arthur L. Samuels *"Hearing is Believing"

*"Threshold"

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*"A Visit to Brighton"

*"Echoes from a Darkened Shore"

Cherie Wilkerson Cherie Dee Wilkerson is an American writer best known for her work on animated television series such as '' Batman: The Animated Series, DuckTales, The Transformers'' and the 1988 version of ''Superman'', amongst others. Her TV writing career las ...

*"The Blue Chair"

Tabitha King Tabitha Jane King ( Spruce, born March 24, 1949) is an American author. Early life Tabitha King is the third eldest daughter of Sarah Jane Spruce (née White; December 7, 1923 – April 14, 2007) and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 ...

*"Meow" Tanith Lee *"The Giveaway" Steve Rasnic Tem *"Need" Lisa Tuttle *"Waiting for the Knight" Beverly Evans *"Under My Bed" Al Sarrantonio *"The Hour of Silhouette" Juleen Brantingham *"Snow, Cobwebs, and Dust" John Keefauver *"The Spider Glass"

( Count Saint-Germain series)

Shadows 5

Published by Doubleday, October 1982 *"The Gorgon" Tanith Lee *"Stone Head" Steve Rasnic Tem *"Pieta"

*"Boxes" Al Sarrantonio *"And I’ll Be with You By and By" Avon Swofford *"Dark Wings" Phyllis Eisenstein *"Estrella" Terry L. Parkinson *"Singles" Marta Randall *"The Piano Man" Beverly Evans *"Following the Way"

*"Renewal"

( Count Saint-Germain series)

Shadows 6

Published by Doubleday, October 1983 *"We Share" Lori Negridge Allen *"The Appearances of Giorgio" Leslie Alan Horvitz *"The Touch" Wayne Wightman *"Sneakers" Marc Laidlaw *"Reunion"

*"By the Hair of the Head" Joe R. Lansdale *"Dreams" Elisabeth Erica Burden *"Crutches" Steve Rasnic Tem *"Eenie, Meenie, Ipsateenie"

Pat Cadigan Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the huma ...

*"Cold Heart" Peter D. Pautz *"Peppermint Kisses" Jesse Osburn *"A Last Testament For Nick and the Trooper"

J. Michael Straczynski Joseph Michael Straczynski (; born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5'' ...

*"Marianna" Melissa Mia Hall *"The Man With Legs" Al Sarrantonio *"The Silent Cradle" Leigh Kennedy *"But At My Back I Always Hear"

David Morrell David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American novelist whose debut 1972 novel ''First Blood'', later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful ''Rambo'' franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He h ...

Shadows 7

Published by Doubleday, November 1984 *"Mrs Clendon's Place"

Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan (December 20, 1918 – January 28, 1990) was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. Of Irish ancestry, he was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and he lived most of his life in New Haven, Conn ...

*"Stillwater, 1896"

Michael Cassutt Michael Joseph Cassutt (born April 13, 1954) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author. His notable TV work includes producing or writing, or both, for '' The Outer Limits'', ''Eerie, Indiana'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', and ''T ...

*"The Haunting" Susan Casper *"Daddy" Earl Godwin *"Seeing the World"

*"Three Days" Tanith Lee *"Still Frame" Jack C. Haldeman II *"Talking in the Dark" Dennis Etchison *"A Matter of Taste" Parke Godwin *"Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin'"

*"Decoys" Jere Cunningham *"Rapture" Melissa Mia Hall *"The Storm"

*"I Shall Not Leave England Now"

Shadows 8

Published by Doubleday, October 1985 *"The Shadow of the Hawk" Nina Kiriki Hoffman *"Do I Dare to Eat a Peach"

*"The Blind Man"

Jessica Amanda Salmonson Jessica Amanda Salmonson (born January 6, 1950John Clute and John Grant,Salmonson, Jessica Amanda, in ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'', pp. 832–833, Orbit, London / St Martin’s Press, New York (1997).) is an American author and editor of fant ...

*"A Demon in Rosewood"

Sharon Webb Sharon Lynn Webb (born in Tampa, Florida on February 29, 1936; died in Blairsville, Georgia on April 29, 2010) was a science fiction writer and nurse. Biography Born on Tampa, Florida on February 29, 1936, Sharon Lynn Webb began her career as a p ...

*"Blood Gothic"

Nancy Holder Nancy Holder (born August 29, 1953) is an American writer and the author of several novels, including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. She's also written fiction related to several other science fiction ...

*"The Pooka" Peter Tremayne *"Everything's Going to Be All Right" Gene DeWeese *"Cycles"

Kim Antieau Kim Antieau is an American writer, the author of novels, short stories and essays for adults and teenagers, including ''Mercy, Unbound'', ''Ruby's Imagine'', ''Coyote Cowgirl'', ''The Jigsaw Woman'' and ''The Gaia Websters''. She has also publis ...

*"The Tuckahoe"

Nancy Etchemendy Nancy Elise Howell Etchemendy (born February 19, 1952) is an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror including four children's novels. Nancy Elise Howell was born in Reno, Nevada. Her novels, short fiction, and poetry have app ...

*"Between the Windows of the Sea"

*"The Battering" Steve Rasnic Tem *"Toy"

*"The Man Who Loved Water" Craig Shaw Gardner *"Sand"

*"The Blue Man" Terry L. Parkinson *"Wish" Al Sarrantonio *"A Night At the Head of the Grave" Thomas Sullivan

Shadows 9

Published by Doubleday, October 1986 *"The Jigsaw Girl" Stephen Gallagher *"The Lesson" Christopher Browne *"On the Turn" Leanne Frahm *"Moving Night"

*"Sanctuary"

*"Now You See Me" Sheri Lee Morton *"The Fishing Village of Roebush" Leslie Alan Horvitz *"Icarus"

Galad Elflandsson Galad Elflandsson (born 1951) is a Canadian fantasy writer. Literary career In the 1980s, Elflandsson was a member of a group of fantasy writers who met at the House of Speculative Fiction bookstore in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which he also ma ...

*"Ants" Nina Kiriki Hoffman *"Nor Disreguard the Humblest Voice"

Ardath Mayhar Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar (February 20, 1930 – February 1, 2012) was an American writer and poet. Mayhar wrote over 60 books ranging from science fiction to horror to young adult to historical to westerns, Some of her novels appeared under ...

*"The Skins You Love to Touch" Janet Fox *"Walk Home Alone" Craig Shaw Gardner *"The Father Figure" Terry L. Parkinson *"An Ordinary Brick House"

*"Overnight" Lou Fisher *"The Last Time I Saw Harris"

*"Tavesher" Peter Tremayne *"Bloodwolf" Steve Rasnic Tem

Shadows 10

Published by Doubleday, October 1987 *"Jamie's Grave" Lisa Tuttle *"Apples" Nina Downey Higgins *"A World Without Toys" T. M. Wright *"Law of Averages"

Wendy Webb Wendy K. Webb is an American fiction author. Her books have received several awards, including the Minnesota Book Award for fiction in 2011 and 2017. Early life and education Webb was born and raised in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb of M ...

*"The Fence" Thomas Sullivan *"Moonflower" Melissa Mia Hall *"Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming"

Bob Leman Robert J. Leman (1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American science fiction and horror short story author, most associated with '' The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. He was not published until he was 45, but had been a member of First Fand ...

*"The Finder-Keeper" Ken Wisman *"Just a Little Souvenir" Cheryl Fuller Nelson *"Like Shadows in the Dark" Stephen Gallagher *"Office Hours" Douglas E. Winter *"We Have Always Lived in the Forest"

*"Just Like Their Masters" Mona A. Clee *"Pigs" Al Sarrantonio

Final Shadows

Published by Doubleday, September 1991 *"The Boarder"

*"Magpie" Stephen Gallagher *"Fastening" Julie R. Good *"Past Tense" Brian Hodge *"Under the Boardwalk" Lori Negridge Allen *"The Picnickers" Brian Lumley *"Fry Day" Melanie Tem *"Out Behind the Shed"

*"Fear a' Ghorta" Peter Tremayne *"The Sweetest Rain"

*"Wrong Side of the Road" Norman Partridge *"Island of the Seals"

Samantha Lee Samantha (or the alternatively Samanta) is primarily used as a feminine given name. It was recorded in England in 1633 in Newton Regis, Warwickshire. It was also recorded in the 18th century in New England, but its etymology is uncertain. Spec ...

*"Thirteen Lies About Hummingbirds" Michael Bishop *"The Stone Face" Colin Greenland *"Medusa's Child"

*"The Tape" Jessica Palmer *"The Dark Places In Between"

Karen Haber Karen Haber (born January 9,"She came upon the story somehow, was startled and amused to find that she shared a birthday with its protagonist (...) Her name was Karen Haber (...) Today was her birthday, the seventh of January": introduction to "Ca ...

*"I'll See You On Saturday Night" Guy N. Smith *"Beijing Craps"

Graham Masterton Graham Masterton (born 16 January 1946, in Edinburgh) is a British author known primarily for horror fiction. Originally editor of ''Mayfair'' and the British edition of ''Penthouse'', his debut novel, ''The Manitou'', was published in 1976. Thi ...

*"Sarnain"

Bernard Taylor Bernard Taylor may refer to: *Bernard Taylor (author) (born 1934), British horror and suspense author * Bernard Taylor, Baron Taylor of Mansfield (1895–1991), British coalminer and politician *Bernard Taylor (boxer) (born 1957), American boxer *B ...

*"The Mermaid" Tanith Lee *"Rescheduled" Mike Chinn *"Going Away" Craig Shaw Gardner *"A Father's Dream" Chet Williamson *"The Magic House" Lynn S. Hightower *"When They Gave Us Memory" Dennis Etchison *"A Sailor's Pay"

Jack Cady Jack Cady (March 20, 1932 – January 14, 2004) was an American author, born in Kentucky. He is known mostly as an award winning writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He won the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker ...

*"Something About Camilla" Juleen Brantingham *"Parallax"

Nicholas Royle Nicholas Royle (born 20 March 1963 in Manchester) is an English novelist, editor, publisher, literary reviewer and creative writing lecturer. Literary career Author Royle has written seven novels: ''Counterparts'', ''Saxophone Dreams'', ''The Mat ...

*"The Door"

*"Photo-Call" David Sutton *"Against the Skin" Mark Morris *"Of Natural Causes" Ashley McConnell *"Mulberry's Crystal" Brian Mooney & Stephen Jones *"Together" David S. Garnett *"The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves"

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