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From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes the epic dark fantasy, The Lady of Serpents, Book Two of The Vampyricon. Hailed as the prophesied messiah of the vampyre race, Aleric the Falconer seemed destined for glory until the sorceress Enora captured him. Aleric must escape his prison and hunt for his former enemy, the Lady of Serpents, who ended his mortal life. She alone may hold the key to the survival of vampyres - and of all humankind."This second installment in Clegg's unfolding Vampyricon epic brims with the same dazzling invention and creative mythography as its predecessor...Clegg's rich descriptions, ingenious variations on vampire lore and intriguing speculations on a secret history underlying our own make this an exuberantly imagined dark fantasy." --Publisher's Weekly

A School for Psychic Children, a Legacy of Nightmare....★★★★★ "Suspenseful, full of horror, and vastly entertaining."★★★★★ Called Project Daylight, the school in Manhattan burned in a horrifying fire years ago. Decades later, in the suburbs, terrifying paranormal invasions drive Julie Hutchinson to the edge of sanity. What if Julie-and her children- can't survive...the chilling touch of the afterlife? From award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a page-turning supernatural thriller of heart-pounding suspense and horror.350 pages in print."Mr Clegg has an ability to create believable, realistic characters...and tighten the suspense and terror as they slowly descend into their own private nightmare...Afterlife is as good as the modern horror novel gets."-The SF Reader "Stoker-winner Clegg (The Hour Before Dark ) has an uncanny ability to frighten readers by chronicling everyday characters' perilous descents into their own private hells....guaranteed to unnerve the reader...captivating." -- Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review."Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..."-Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series.

School can be Hell..."A page-turning breakneck-speed horror story!" ★★★★★ A dark fraternity pursues Jim Hook when he enrolls at Harrow Academy, awakening its buried horrors and occult mysteries in Book 2 of the Harrow series. Get all the Harrow novels: Nightmare House, Mischief, The Infinite and The Abandoned. Harrow has waited for years...>"Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation."- Bentley Little, bestselling author of The Haunted and The House. "Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby." - Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author of Phantoms The Harrow Series: Harrow is a place of infinite hauntings -- and horror.Book #1, Nightmare House - set at Harrow in the 1920s, the grandson of its creator has come to claim his deadly inheritance and explore the terrifying mystery within the ancient stones and passages of the house.#2, Mischief - Boys will be boys -- and a dark fraternity of misfits seek out Jim Hook, the new student at Harrow Academy -- but something more terrifying is hunting Jim, as well.#3, The Infinite - A handful of psychic investigators are called in to document the horrors of Harrow -- but little do they know that the house is more than simply a haunted place -- it is the soul of evil itself.#4, The Abandoned -- In the village of Watch Point, New York, in the bucolic Hudson Valley, something toxic and horrifying has leaked from the old boarded-up mansion called Harrow. Throughout the town, people who sleep awaken with blood-lust in their hearts -- and hatchets in their fists. A rampage of mayhem, murder and madness begins -- and only those brave enough to enter Harrow may find a way to stop the terror. Harrow PrequelsNecromancer - set in the 1800s, this is the story of the young Justin Gravesend and his initiation into a terrifying mystery cult.Isis - set right at the end of the 1800s, the story of the young Iris Villiers when she discovers the terrible price that must be paid to speak with the dead.>"Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." - Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series. "Clegg delivers!"- John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil's Labyrinth. "Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction."- Peter Straubauthor of Lost Boy, Lost Girl and the NY Times Bestseller Black House (with Stephen King) "Clegg is one of the best!"- Richard Laymon "Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!"- Robert R. McCammon

Face of Innocence, Mind of Nightmare Award-winning author Douglas Clegg collects three short horror and suspense novels of youth, murder, and monsters in this collection, 400 pages in print. Includes Purity, The Words, and The Attraction.Purity A twisting, dark psychological thriller of dangerous obsession when a young man seeks to destroy his rival for a young woman's affection. "Douglas Clegg turns the screws dexterously in this sleek, multifaceted suspense story..."-Publisher's Weekly. The Words When teenager Mark befriends outsider Dash, he believes his new friend to be an outcast rebel. But a dark mystery unfolds as Dash leads Mark into dangerous games and rituals that allow them to see into another world-a world of absolute darkness and terror. The Attraction The signs along the desert highway read Come See the Mystery! But some mysteries should remain buried forever. "Clegg takes the idea of a cheapjack tourist hustle for a decrepit gas station in middle-of-nowhere Arizona and turns it into a terrifying quick punch of horror..."-Alternate Reality WebZine

It's Called the Flesh-Scraper... What's the "unspeakable horror" the desert billboards advertise-and why is it locked up in a glass coffin? From the twisted imagination of Douglas Clegg comes this novel (206 pages) of A SPRING BREAK ROAD TRIP NIGHTMARE.★★★★★"A terrifying quick punch of horror."★★★★★ "Grabbed me on the first page and wouldn't let go." Some Mysteries Should Remain BuriedFive college students hit the road to travel cross-country during spring break. Seeking fun and adventure, they pull over to a roadside gas station after they see signs along the desert highway that read Come See the Mystery!"...A vivid story that will separate the timid from their sleep and the bold from their complacency whenever they next visit a sideshow or museum mummy display!"-Midwest Book Review."A terrifying quick punch of horror."-Alternate Reality Webzine Reviews."I couldn't put this book down. It grabbed me on the first page and wouldn't let go."-Horror World Reviews.

"Hypnotic, haunting...high-test nightmare fuel!" - Richard Chizmar, author of Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King).What's the terrifying secret of the Faces? Are they watching you? Nothing goes right for Harold until he finds the mask from the once-notorious comic strip. Joe Face and his family offered nice smiles no matter the worst that life could throw their way-in the funny pages. But in the real world, someone or something begins following him at night, turning Harold's life inside out, showing him the face of horror. A novella of approximately 100 pages in print."Hypnotic, haunting, and compulsively readable, The Faces is high-test nightmare fuel! I couldn't turn the pages fast enough." - Richard Chizmar, author of Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King) and Chasing the Boogeyman."The Faces seems whimsical at first...until the story turns nasty and profoundly disturbing. The social satire is the real horror here, making us dread what lurks behind the faces of our closest friends and loved ones. Another masterful novella from Douglas Clegg." - Norman Prentiss, author of Odd Adventures with Your Other Father and The Apocalypse-a-Day Calendar."Exceeds expectations...A suspenseful tale of mounting terror..." -- Rue Morgue Magazine.

A Poisonous Flower, an Evil Doll, a Well of Memory and DreamAward-winning author of supernatural and gothic fiction, Douglas Clegg gathers 22 of his poems for the first time ever into The Poisoner's Garden & Others, ranging from those with a dark gothic edge to rhymes of whimsy with strange twists. Plus a Foreword and Afterword by the author.Included in this Volume: The Poisoner's Garden Why My Doll is Evil The Salt of Undone Collars Swimming in Underwear Medea in Transit My Younger Self Toast to the Damned Cenote of Dreams October Wind On All Hallow's Eve Song of Lupercalia For St. Valentine's Day On the Ides of March Birthday Winter Solstice The Christmas Smite Elegy on a Dead Frog Found in Swimming Pool At the Station in the Rain Still Life That Hardscrabble Life You're In Assam Tea The Crime

The Most Terrifying Beast Wears a Human Face... "Clegg (The Machinery of Night) shows how the bestial aspects of horror and humanity are interchangeable in this quartet of psychological suspense stories...riveting reading." -- Publishers Weekly. From award-winning author Douglas Clegg comes a special quartet of stories dealing with creatures of the wild--wolf, bird, and the most terrifying of beasts, the human variety. ContentsIn "The Wolf" a hunter guides a younger man up a mountain to track down the creature that has been slaughtering in the valley below."The American" takes place at a late-night cafe in Rome where foreigners gather. On this particular night a stranger steps out of the shadowy park to sit at the sidewalk tables and speak of love and murder.In "A Madness of Starlings," a father, teaching his children about protection from the predators of life, takes in a fledgling bird. But when it's time for the bird to fly away, the forces of nature come undone and a secret wisdom and terror enter the mind of the one who understands the language of birds., In the novella, "The Dark Game," a war hero and his men are captured and taken into a prison camp. There, tortures and torments await them, but the man named Gordon Raglan begins to use a childhood game of escape to help him discover a way to hunt the wolves surrounding him.

They perform strange rituals. Are they taking over? "Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby."- Dean Koontz. Funerary Rites can also be found within Douglas Clegg's collection, Lights Out.

You see him every day. But you don't know who he is...on the inside. "Dark suspense at its best!" ★★★★★ "Suspenseful page-turner that you won't be able to put down."★★★★★ Among palm trees and swimming pools of California, a new killer hunts. Pursued by rookie cop Jane Laymon and psychologist Trey Campbell, this murderer's pathology may be linked to inmate Michael Scoleri -- AKA Abraxas -- at the Darden State Hospital for Criminal Justice. Do they communicate with their minds?The young man in the straitjacket doesn't want the Red Angel to be caught. But his skin holds the name of an upcoming victim. And up on Moon Lake, in the San Bernardino mountains, a terrifying killer plans to descend into the valley to find his next victim. For fans of James Patterson, Dean Koontz and Thomas Harris."Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." -- Tess Gerritsen, New York Times Bestselling Author. The Criminally Insane Series: Book #1, Bad KarmaBook #2, Red AngelBook #3, Night CageFIC030000FICTION / Thrillers / SuspenseFIC031040FICTION / Thrillers / MedicalFIC025000FICTION / PsychologicalFIC022000FICTION / Mystery & Detective / GeneralFIC015000FICTION / HorrorFIC050000FICTION / Crime

What has 700+ pages of page-turning chills, haunting horror, spellbinding suspense?"Equal to Stephen King's Skeleton Crew & Bentley Little's The Collection..." ★★★★★ "Creepy, scary, beautifully written." ★★★★★Mega-box set of 3 collections - plus, previously uncollected novelette, "Funerary Rites."Table of Contents: 1. Foreword by the Author2. Funerary Rites 3. White Chapel4. The Stain5. The American6. Belinda in the Pool7. The Skin of the World8. O, Rare and Most Exquisite9. The Little Mermaid10. A Madness of Starlings11. Subway Turnstile12. Where Flies Are Born13. Underworld14. The Rendering Man15. The Fruit of Her Womb16. Becoming Men17. People Who Love Life18. Fries with That?19. The Machinery of Night20. The Wolf21. The Wicked22. 265 and Heaven23. The Night Before Alec Got Married24. Ice Palace25. Why My Doll is Evil26. The Five27. The Dark Game28. Only Connect29. The Ripening Sweetness of Late Afternoon30. Chosen31. Damned If You Do32. The Hurting Season33. I Am infinite, I Contain Multitudes

Shocking, gripping, breathtaking...meet the serial killers of the Criminally Insane series.Get ready for edge-of-your-seat reading in this box set as you meet beautiful but deadly Agnes Hatcher, the mind-bending Red Angel killer, and the mother-son duo of Bloody Mary and Doc - and explore the most dangerous wing of the State Hospital for Criminal Justice. Three times the thrills - and 3 times the sociopathic killers! Includes the novelsBad KarmaRed AngelNight Cage. BOOK I: BAD KARMA -A sleek, smooth and constantly surprising page-turner..."* "Escape me? Never..." - Beautiful but deadly Agnes Hatcher is the most ruthless sociopathic killer that the hospital for criminal justice has ever known. And she wants out - now. From award-winning novelist Douglas Clegg comes a fast-paced suspense thriller of heart-pounding terror set along the Southern California coast. BOOK 2: RED ANGEL- A page-turning thrill ride into suspense and psychological terror, Red Angel is the second novel in the Criminally Insane series from Douglas Clegg. A relentless killer has struck again -- and the innocent victims are found with bird wings around their neck. Called the Red Angel killer -- and terrifying southern California residents -- he is hunted by rookie cop Jane Laymon and Trey Campbell. BOOK 3: NIGHT CAGE - In Book 3 of the Criminally Insane Series, award-winning and bestselling Douglas Clegg brings us back to the terrifying corridors of the Darden State Hospital for Criminal Justice. As fires rage in the hills above the hospital, Bloody Mary and her son "Doc" are on a murdering rampage in southern California.

He feels safe in his cage. But if he escapes, you'll never feel safe again. They are the most dangerous mother-son serial killer team in history. "Bloody Mary" Chilmark is certifiable - just ask her doctor. The Darden State Hospital is home to the most dangerous psychopathic killers in the country. But Bloody Mary got out, and raised her baby away from that bad environment.But her son Doc's been arrested, processed, and held at Darden State -- and is considered one of the most dangerous of the hospital's inmates. As wildfires burn out of control in Southern California, authorities face the overwhelming task of relocating hundreds of Darden's patients to other prison hospitals before the raging inferno descend In the frenzy, "Bloody Mary" finds her opportunity to free her son. It's up to Trey Campbell and officer Jane Laymon to hunt for the mother-son duo in the dark underworld maze of the old asylum beneath the hospital. The Criminally Insane Series: Book #1, Bad KarmaBook #2, Red AngelBook #3, Night CageAuthor Note: Night Cage was originally published in paperback under the author's pen name, Andrew Harper. Books by Douglas Clegg AfterlifeGoat DancePurityDark of the EyeThe WordsWild ThingsThe Children's HourThe Criminally Insane Series: Bad Karma Red Angel Night CageThe Harrow Series: Nightmare House Mischief The Infinite The AbandonedThe Hour Before DarkYou Come When I Call YouNaomi The Nightmare ChroniclesThe Machinery of NightIsisThe NecromancerWith more to come... Praise for Douglas Clegg's fiction "Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation."-- Bentley Little, author of The Policy"Clegg delivers!"-- John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil's Labyrinth."Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction."-- Peter Straubauthor of Lost Boy, Lost Girl and the New York Times Bestseller Black House (with Stephen King)"Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby."-- Dean Koontz"Clegg is one of the best!"-- Richard Laymon"Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!"-- Robert R. McCammonauthor of The Queen of Bedlam and Speaks The Nightbird.FIC030000FICTION / Thrillers / SuspenseFIC031040FICTION / Thrillers / MedicalFIC025000FICTION / PsychologicalFIC022000FICTION / Mystery & Detective / GeneralFIC015000FICTION / HorrorFIC050000FICTION / Crime

Who corrupted Justin Gravesend, body and soul?Victorian London, a powerful but dangerous occult society, and a nightmarish brothel all seduce the youth who would one day build Harrow, house of infinite hauntings. A gas lamp supernatural gothic right out of "the Marquis de Sade and Charles Dickens...Scintillatingly brilliant."* WARNING: Not for the faint of heart! "Readers will find themselves enthralled by the early life and lessons of young Justin Gravesend...There is a richness to the prose in this book reminiscent of 'The Confessions of an Opium Eater' penned so long ago. Side by side, they might have been written by contemporaries, and that is the magic of Clegg's prose in this volume." -- FeoAmante.com Reviews. A short and very disturbing novel (or novella), 140 pages in print. Set in the British Isles. "...A terrific prequel to the Harrow House novels as readers obtain an intriguing look at Gravesend through his late nineteenth century journal and a scholarly introduction to Necromancy...Together these segments give this strong 'coming of age' horror tale a deep Victorian Era feel. Fans of the series will treasure this brilliant work, while newcomers will go chasing after the rest of the series." -- The Best Reviews. *"...Like reading a cross between the Marquis DeSade and Charles Dickens.. [Clegg's] prose is scintillatingly brilliant in parts and I was sucked right into this squalid tale of black magic. ...the book is worth this little gem of horror literature..." - Alternative Reality Webzine. "Justin Gravesend's story is one of perversity and debauchery and his embracing of it. Clegg does not back away from the more unsavory elements, yet keeps the language of the time (presumably the late 1800s), so that sometimes it felt as if I were reading something from Boccaccio or the like. 'The Necromancer' is never anything less than compelling, and I finished this relatively short tale in two sittings." - Craig's Book Club Reviews. The man who created Harrow had a secret history. In The Necromancer, Douglas Clegg explores the story of Justin Gravesend's youth and his induction into the organization known as the Chymera Magick. From a Welsh village to the back alleys of London, university student Justin meets his destiny in the underworld known as The Pandemonium.

In Harrow, no one rests in peace."A frightening thrill ride...I couldn't put this book down." ★★★★★ "Spine-chilling!"★★★★★ A young man inherits the most haunted of houses and comes face to face with its diabolical horror. Read the supernatural chiller of the legendary haunting from the bestselling author who "can chill the spine so effectively the reader should keep paramedics on standby!" - Dean Koontz. "Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction." - Peter Straub, NY Times bestselling author of Black House (with Stephen King), Ghost Story, and Mystery. Note: The Harrow series consists of several books set in or around the haunted estate in the Hudson Valley. Each Harrow story can be read out-of-order because the main continuing character is the dark mansion itself or those people who have or will touch it. The Harrow Series: Book #1, Nightmare House - set at Harrow in the 1920s, the grandson of its creator has come to claim his deadly inheritance and explore the terrifying mystery within the ancient stones and passages of the house. #2, Mischief - Boys will be boys - and a dark fraternity of misfits seek out Jim Hook, the new student at Harrow Academy - but something more terrifying is hunting Jim, as well. #3, The Infinite - A handful of psychic investigators are called in to document the horrors of Harrow - but little do they know that the house is more than simply a haunted place - it may be the soul of evil itself. #4, The Abandoned - In the village of Watch Point, New York, in the bucolic Hudson Valley, something toxic and horrifying has leaked from the old boarded-up mansion called Harrow. Throughout the town, people who sleep awaken with blood-lust in their hearts - and hatchets in their fists. A rampage of mayhem, murder and madness begins - and only those brave enough to enter Harrow may find a way to stop the terror. Harrow Prequel Novellas The Necromancer - set in the 1800s, this is the story of the young Justin Gravesend and his initiation into a terrifying mystery cult. Isis - set right at the end of the 1800s, the story of young Iris Villiers when she discovers the terrible price that must be paid to the dead.

"I'm coming for you. You will never escape me."She's the most dangerous inmate in the hospital for the criminally insane...and she just broke out. Get the series: Red Angel(#2) and Night Cage (#3). When Trey Campbell takes his family to Catalina Island, his escaped patient leaves a trail of bodies behind as she hunts for her one true love - from a previous life. A gripping psychological thriller full of page-turning suspense and mind-bending horror for fans of James Patterson, Gillian Flynn, and Robert Bryndza. 364 pages. Read all the books in the Criminally Insane series."Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby." - Dean Koontz, New York Times bestselling author*"A sleek, smooth, and constantly surprising page-turner..." - Ed Gorman, bestselling author of The Marilyn Tapes and The Poker Club."Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." - Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author.

Nightmare prisons with no way out... Men imprisoned, one in war and one in an asylum, psychological suspense and spine-tingling horror at its darkest. One man, a prisoner of war; and the other, a disturbed young man who wants out of a hospital for the criminally insane - at any cost! New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg gathers two dark horror classics with The Dark Game and I Am Infinite, I Contain Multitudes.Note: 132 pages of page-turning suspenseThese two short novellas/novelettes can also be found together in the collection Lights Out.

I was born during the fires of Beltane. My mother was called the Witch-Queen and my father, Arthur, King of the Britons. From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg comes a spellbinding novel of Arthurian historical fantasy. Conceived in violence, born of royalty, and raised in exile, Mordred grows to manhood torn between his powerful mother's desire for revenge, his own conflicted feelings towards the father who betrayed him, and his passionate coming of age into first love with one of the greatest knights of Camelot.Reviews of Mordred, Bastard Son*Starred Review* "Riveting...Clegg puts an inspired wrinkle in the hoary tale of Arthur and the grail by casting Arthur's kindred enemy, Mordred, as a gay man. An injured stranger in a cloak and odd, paganish mask, is captured and held in a monastery, igniting wild speculation among the locals, who believe him a notorious traitor. And so he is. He is Mordred, the bastard son of Arthur Pendragon and his half sister, the witch-queen Morgan Le Fay, and he now awaits trial for murder and treason...How excellent." - Booklist"Douglas Clegg's stunning Mordred, Bastard Son will inspire and refresh..." - Michael Rowe, Advocate Magazine"Clegg (The Priest of Blood) maintains a nice balance between the human and mythic dimensions of his characters, portraying the familiar elements of their story from refreshingly original angles." - Publishers Weekly"Well-crafted. Written in lyrical prose with colorful characters and historical depth. Lovers of both history and fantasy will discover...an enchanting read." - Edge Boston"Clegg beautifully skewers the Arthurian legends, weaving a compelling story, single-handedly reinventing Mordred's sexuality. He is no longer the betrayer of Arthur, the knight Lancelot, and Guinevere, Queen of the Britons; he is now the seductive and passionate hero, a lover of men given the almost insurmountable task of finding the cauldron of rebirth..." - Michael Leonard, Curled Up with a Good Book Blog"...Magic-true magic that really works-takes center stage in...Mordred, Bastard Son...a refreshing return to the myth and magic of the legends...Clegg's approach recalls Sir Thomas Mallory, Chrétien de Troyes, and even Edmund Spenser at times; his setting is never made temporally explicit but rather melds Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and high medieval British elements." - Strange HorizonsDiscover Douglas Clegg's fictionLights Out Neverland The Children's Hour The Halloween Man You Come When I Call You The Hour Before Dark Nightmare House MischiefThe InfiniteThe AbandonedIsisThe NecromancerGoat Dance Breeder Afterlife Purity Dark of the Eye The Words Wild ThingsBad Karma Red Angel Night Cage Naomi The Nightmare Chronicles The Attraction Night Asylum The Priest of Blood The Lady of Serpents The Queen of Wolves Dinner with the Cannibal SistersMordred, Bastard Son

Will they stop her - or will she stop them?A mother and daughter on the run fall prey to a monstrous hunt in this heart-pounding supernatural horror novel. A tragic accident leaves young Hope Stewart with an extraordinary power that is both blessing and curse. Her touch can heal those suffering from horrifying afflictions...or subject them to an unspeakable fate. Hope's scientist father is determined to exploit her frightening gift, a relentless government agent is out to kill her - and a damaged soul called Monkey vows to deliver her to the mercies of the fiendish forces he serves...For fans of Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and Guillermo del Toro."An omnibus of unexpected horrors!" - Publishers Weekly"Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." - Tess Gerritsen, New York Times Bestselling Author

Body Horror, Strange Transformations, Nightmarish Creatures... "Disturbing, compelling, powerful..." ★★★★★ Dean Koontz says: "Clegg's stories can chill the spine..."Meet Oliver, whose dead wife may just be waiting for him down a dark alley. Or Jane Boone, in a distant country to meet the most brutal of killers - or is he a god? Plus more from the award-winning and bestselling author of timeless and nightmarish short horror fiction. Praise for The Nightmare Chronicles: "Clegg brings his stories together with a chilling fictive conceit....The effect is dangerously seductive." - Locus Magazine "Clegg's (The Halloween Man, etc.) collection of 13 tales takes risks and is full of passions that sometimes burst forth violently...Clegg's use of innovative metaphors catapults each story beyond a landscape crowded with the horror genre's usual monsters and madmen into a territory he alone can claim." - Publisher's Weekly "...Like M. R. James, Douglas Clegg can 'write about the vile and horrific without seeming to smear it over himself or you.' Like Shirley Jackson he has an understated precision of language and the ability to portray his characters emotionally in a wickedly effective manner. And, like Stephen King, he loves to tell stories and tells them well. At the same time, Clegg is a thoroughly modern writer...Without doubt, one of the best collections of the year." - DarkEcho "Every story is perfectly different and definitely unlike any other horror novel/film I've read or watched...all of them have their images that could come back to you in your dreams." - Doubleshot Reviews. "Clegg writes some of the most harrowing, unforgettable tales you're ever likely to come upon.. Clegg's best stories...slip into your subconscious and stay with you well beyond the last turning of the page..." - The Chiaroscuro Contains the short stories: "Underworld""O Rare and Most Exquisite""The Rendering Man""The Fruit of Her Womb""The Hurting Season""Chosen""The Night Before Alec Got Married""Only Connect""The Little Mermaid,""Damned If You Do""The Ripening Sweetness of Late Afternoon""White Chapel""I Am Infinite, I Contain Multitudes."

A New England village. A stolen child. A terrifying birthright. Who holds the key to the chilling mystery of Stonehaven, Connecticut, and its desolate woods -- and what shining creature remains trapped within its summer mansion? From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg comes a riveting, edge-of-your-seat American horror novel of "overwhelming love and devastating terror."* For fans of Dean Koontz, Stephen King and Dan Simmons."Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby."-- Dean Koontz, NY Times bestselling author of The Husband, Odd Thomas, Velocity and many others."Combining both the quiet horror of a Charles Grant with the all-out spectacles of a Stephen King, Clegg's storytelling has never been better. The Halloween Man is a brilliant novel, up there with the best of Straub, King, and Koontz, and one of the most original tales of terror to come along in quite a while." -- Edward Lee, bestselling horror novelist."The Halloween Man is one of the best horror novels that I've read in years...I had never read anything by Clegg before reading this novel, but now I'm going to go out and get the rest of his books. If you've never heard of Clegg either, or are a fan of horror fiction, get this book right now." - Pixel Planet"Halloween Man is a stunning horror novel, written with a degree of conviction that is rare these days." --Fiona Webster"Clegg gets high marks on the terror scale..." -- The Daily News (New York)"Douglas Clegg is one of horror's most captivating voices..." -- BookLovers"Every bit as good as the best works of Stephen King, Peter Straub, or Dan Simmons..." -- Hellnotes: The Newsletter for the Horror Professional*"The Halloween Man is about overwhelming love and devastating terror, human strength and supernatural power, and the eternal cycle of death and re-birth Packed with vivid imagery; a broadly-scoped but fast-paced plot; powerful, evocative writing; superb characterizations; and facile intelligence...Douglas Clegg has given horror lovers the best Halloween gift possible -- an entertaining spinetingler written with unique style..." -- DarkEcho"Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction.." - Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story and, with Stephen King, The Talisman.Books by Douglas CleggThe Children's HourGoat DancePurityDark of the EyeThe WordsWild ThingsNightmare HouseBad KarmaRed AngelNight CageMischiefThe InfiniteThe AbandonedThe NecromancerIsisThe Hour Before DarkYou Come When I Call YouNaomiThe Nightmare ChroniclesThe Machinery of NightBreederThe AttractionWhere Flies Are Born & Other HorrorsThe VampyriconThe Priest of BloodThe Lady of SerpentsThe Queen of WolvesComing of Age: 3 Novellas BundleHarrow: Three Novels BundleCriminally Insane: The Series BundlePraise for Douglas Clegg's Fiction"Douglas Clegg knows exactly what scares us, and he knows just how to twist those fears into hair-raising chills..." - Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series. "Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation."- Bentley Little, author of The Policy"Clegg delivers!"- John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil's Labyrinth."Clegg is one of the best!"- Richard Laymon"Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!"- Robert R. McCammonauthor of The Queen of Bedlam and Speaks The Nightbird.

In this gripping supernatural thriller of horror and edge-of-your-seat suspense -- from New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg -- something is terribly wrong with the children of Colony, West Virginia. They come out at night - to hunt. When Joe Gardner and his family return to the small town of Colony, they discover a nightmarish force taking over the old mining town...Praise for Douglas Clegg's Fiction: "Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation." - Bentley Little, author of The Policy "Clegg delivers!" - John Saul, bestselling author of Faces of Fear and The Devil's Labyrinth. "Douglas Clegg has become the new star in horror fiction." - Peter Straub author of Lost Boy, Lost Girl and the New York Times Bestseller Black House (with Stephen King) "Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby." - Dean Koontz "Clegg is one of the best!" - Richard Laymon "Douglas Clegg is a weaver of nightmares!" - Robert R. McCammon author of The Queen of Bedlam and Speaks The Nightbird.

Spend a night with our inmates...and go a little mad. From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Douglas Clegg come 18 tales of mind-bending supernatural horror and spellbinding suspense in this single author short story collection."Clegg's stories can chill the spine so effectively that the reader should keep paramedics on standby, "-Dean Koontz, NY Times bestselling author.Enter the Night Asylum to meet: Belinda, whose father has begun to suspect she's more dangerous than anyone knows; mysterious children surrounded by houseflies; boys trying to survive a terrifying boot camp; fraternity brothers who find a deeper brotherhood during a wintry Hell Week; a cop named Paul who discovers a tenement that opens the door into a place of nightmares - or heaven; an asylum patient who holds the key to the secret geometry of night itself...and more.Includes the stories: "The Stain""The American""Belinda in the Pool""The Skin of the World""A Madness of Starlings""Subway Turnstile""Where Flies are Born""Becoming Men""People Who Love Life""Fries with That?""The Machinery of Night""The Wolf""The Wicked""265 and Heaven""Ice Palace""Why My Doll is Evil""The Five""The Dark Game"

Originally published: New York: Pocket Books, 1991.