Graham Masterton

Contains: [The monkey]( / Stephen King -- The new tenant / William Hallahan -- In the cards / Robert Bloch -- Clay / George A. Romero -- A cabin in the woods / John Coyne -- Makeup / Robert R. McCammon -- The small world of Lewis Stillman / William F. Nolan -- The seige of 318 / Davis Grubb -- The champion / Richard Laymon -- The power of the Mandarin / Gahan Wilson -- Horror house of blood / Ramsey Campbell -- Absolute ebony / Felice Picano -- The root of all evil / Graham Masterson -- Julian's hand / Gary Brandner -- The face / Jere Cunningham.

A cumulative nursery rhyme about the chain of events that started when Jack built a house.

Even though he is the runt of the litter from her father's prize sled-racing dog, ten-year-old Rachel plans to train her puppy to become a champion racer and determines to track him down when he mysteriously disappears.

They say the girls were witches. But Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, is sure they were innocent victims ... London, 1758: Beatrice Scarlet, the apothecary's daughter, has found a position at St Mary Magdalene's Refuge for fallen women. She enjoys the work and soon forms a close bond with her charges. The refuge is supported by a wealthy tobacco merchant, who regularly offers the girls steady work to aid their rehabilitation. But when seven girls sent to his factory disappear, Beatrice is uneasy. Their would-be benefactor claims they were a coven of witches, beholden only to Satan and his demonic misdeeds. But Beatrice is convinced something much darker than witchcraft is at play ...

Two teens who discover they are sharing the same dream of dragons fight to stop the evil dictator from bringing their dreams to life in the form of a terrible basilisk with the power to literally scare people to death.

"Madeline Gerard is a good woman, sheltering and feeding folks in need. But her neighbors shun her because her strays bring trouble--and violence--to their tiny Arizona town. Clint Adams has experienced his own tender loving care in Maddy's hands. So when one of her charges, a young woman named Lylah, is in need of protection from an outlaw, the Gunsmith decides to stop the thieving killer from distressing damsels permanently..."--p. of cover.

""He turned his back on the old man to mourn in silence this unnecessary death and his part in it; but the sight of the coffin brought anger instead..." In 1957, burned-out journalist John leaves London to recover in the Andalusian haven of Benalamar. Here he finds a village that has not changed since the Civil War, but when a foreign businessman, Bob, comes with plans to develop the area, the community is sent into turmoil. As a time of drought threatens, Bob promises to build a reservoir but this has unforeseen consequences. When a local farmer, Miguel, commits suicide, John is sent off on an investigation that leads back into recent history, lost love, and civil war"--

Recounts the myth of the Sphinx, a monster with a lion's body, an eagle's wings, and a woman's head.