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(3.75) | None | A naïve young woman witnesses a brutal murder and discovers the soul-deadening price of being a New Yorker. The family man quits smoking with the sinister assistance of a family-friendly corporation. A truck driver takes a simple shortcut and lands in a living hell and a battle to the death. An aging Hollywood screenwriter's career is on the wane until he reinvents himself as a less principled man. Crucified Dreams reaches down through the gutters into the shadowy depths of the imagination. These are the savage tales that unite noir with horror and the ordinary with the unfathomable. Combing the urban, the paranormal, and the downright terrifying, these award-winning stories go where your deepest fears--and inner demons--are already realized.… (more) |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (1)▾Book descriptions A naïve young woman witnesses a brutal murder and discovers the soul-deadening price of being a New Yorker. The family man quits smoking with the sinister assistance of a family-friendly corporation. A truck driver takes a simple shortcut and lands in a living hell and a battle to the death. An aging Hollywood screenwriter's career is on the wane until he reinvents himself as a less principled man. Crucified Dreams reaches down through the gutters into the shadowy depths of the imagination. These are the savage tales that unite noir with horror and the ordinary with the unfathomable. Combing the urban, the paranormal, and the downright terrifying, these award-winning stories go where your deepest fears--and inner demons--are already realized. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Contains: - Introduction / Joe R. Lansdale
- The Whimper of Whipped Dogs / Harlan Ellison
- The Monster / Joe Haldeman
- The Mojave Two-Step / Norman Partridge
- Front Man / David Morrell
- Interrogation B / Charlie Huston
- The Quickening / Michael Bishop
- The Evening and The Morning and the Night / Octavia E. Butler
- Love in Vain / Lewis Shiner
- Beast of the Heartland / Lucius Shepard
- Coffins on the River / Jeffrey Ford
- Game Night at the Fox and Goose / Karen Joy Fowler
- Copping Squid / Michael Shea
- Access Fantasy / Jonathan Lethem
- Singing on a Star / Ellen Klages
- Quitters, Inc. / Stephen King
- Nightbeat / Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Window / Bob Leman
- The Pit / Joe R. Lansdale
- Loss / Tom Piccirilli
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