Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction

“Nackles”Donald Westlake(1964) Donald Westlake examines the question of whether gods create people or people create gods in this ...

sustenance but was almost always eaten plain be- cause no one could afford the ingredients to add a tasty sauce, and when the ci ...

child who somehow traveled forward in large in- crements because of her affection for the protago- nist. It was made into a low- ...

minds of the population of a small town. Despite a strong start, this is one of the author’s weakest books. Oddly enough, it was ...

classic, most notably Momo(1973), in which a girl outwits a mysterious group of people who turn children into adults by forcing ...

Stories(1994) and Famous Monsters(1995). Where the Bodies Are Buried(2000) is a collection of inter- related stories about a man ...

destroying the vampire, but apparently ruins his own life in the process. The Night Stalkeris very effective both as a novel and ...

ing. Although it appears that the story concluded with this volume, there are hints that further ad- ventures set in this world ...

man who wakes up one day in a strange body in a world he has never seen before. Perilous Dreams(1976) actually consists of four ...

261 O “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Ambrose Bierce(1891) This short Civil War horror story is the best known and most imit ...

similar novels, Time Swept Lovers(1987) and Time Kissed Destiny(1987), followed quickly, conforming closely to the original form ...

lished as The Clansman of Andor) projects its pro- tagonist into the body of a warrior on a distant world, after which he has a ...

Lancelot’s dalliance with Queen Guinevere and later Mordred’s betrayal of Arthur are much more complex and disturbing themes. Wh ...

and Wayne eventually reach an accommodation against their common enemy. Lansdale’s interpola- tion and extrapolation from George ...

three mud-stained figures and a dog are slowly walking toward them. Horrified, he leaps to his feet and runs from the house, muc ...

267 P “Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal” Robert Aickman(1974) This story’s narrator is a precocious young girl traveling throug ...

plot outline sounds like a straightforward occult ad- venture, Paine uses his inventive imagination to en- rich the background. ...

world in order to acquire it and transform things to his liking. This is one of the better contemporary fantasies. Silverhair th ...

“The Pear-Shaped Man”George R. R. Martin (1987) This fine story opens with a description of the title character, a repulsive, sl ...

and it was also a very popular stage play. Dan Barry and Ridley Pearson have recently written a pre- quel, Peter and the Starcat ...