Stalking the Nightmare is a
1982The year 1982 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*La Bicyclette Bleue by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.-New books:...
collection of
short storiesA short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels or books...
and nonfiction pieces by
Harlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. He has written in many genres, but principally science fiction.His published works include over 1000 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering not only literature, but film, television, and print media...
. The short stories are interspersed with "Scenes from the Real World" sections, which are essays on a variety of topics. Although most of the stories had not previously appeared in any of Ellison's books, four of them were taken from his out of print 1970 collection
Over the Edge. The story "Djinn, No Chaser" was later adapted by Haskell Smith into an episode of the 1980s television series
Tales from the DarksideTales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired in syndication from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt, each episode was an individual short story that...
with the same title.
- Foreword by Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and...
- Introduction: Quiet Lies the Locust Tells
- Grail
- The Outpost Undiscovered By Tourists
- Blank...
- Scenes From the Real World: I - The 3 Most Important Things In Life
- Visionary (written with Joe L.
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Stalking the Nightmare is a
1982The year 1982 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*La Bicyclette Bleue by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.-New books:...
collection of
short storiesA short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels or books...
and nonfiction pieces by
Harlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. He has written in many genres, but principally science fiction.His published works include over 1000 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering not only literature, but film, television, and print media...
. The short stories are interspersed with "Scenes from the Real World" sections, which are essays on a variety of topics. Although most of the stories had not previously appeared in any of Ellison's books, four of them were taken from his out of print 1970 collection
Over the Edge. The story "Djinn, No Chaser" was later adapted by Haskell Smith into an episode of the 1980s television series
Tales from the DarksideTales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired in syndication from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt, each episode was an individual short story that...
with the same title.
Contents
- Foreword by Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. An estimated 300–350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and...
- Introduction: Quiet Lies the Locust Tells
- Grail
- The Outpost Undiscovered By Tourists
- Blank...
- Scenes From the Real World: I - The 3 Most Important Things In Life
- Visionary (written with Joe L. Hensley)
- Djinn, No Chaser
- Invasion Footnote
- Scenes From the Real World: II - Saturn, November 11th
- Night of Black Glass
- Final Trophy
- !!!The!!Teddy!Crazy!!Show!!!
- The Cheese Stands Alone
- Scenes From The Real World: III - Somehow, I Don't Think We're In Kansas, Toto
- Transcending Destiny
- The Hour That Stretches
- The Day I Died
- 3 Tales From the Mountains of Madness: Tracking Level, Tiny Ally, The Goddess In The Ice
- Scenes From The Real World: IV - Gopher In the Gilly