Michele B. Slung

Monsters / Ed McBain -- The lemures / Steven Saylor -- The adventure of the dead cat / Ellery Queen -- The odstock curse / Peter Lovesey -- The theft of the Halloween pumpkin / Edward D. Hoch -- Hallowe'en for Mr. Faulkner / August Derleth -- Deceptions / Marcia Muller -- [Black Cat]( / Edgar Allan Poe -- Omjagod / James Grady -- The cloak / Robert Bloch -- What a woman wants / Michael Z. Lewin -- Yesterday's witch / Gahan Wilson -- Walpurgis night / Bram Stoker -- Trick or treat / Judith Garner -- One night at a time / Dorothy Cannell -- Night of the goblin / Talmage Powell -- Trick-or-treat / Anthony Boucher -- Pork pie hat / Peter Straub.

A marvelously accurate collection of the things mothers say. Including pictures of mothers of many famous people.

The stories of 24 fine crafters of crime fiction in this book will capture the attention of the most seasoned crime-story fan. Most of the stories are centered around a plot of sudden death, some deal with other serious transgressions of society's rules, but all circumvent the usual whodunit formula to probe the dangerous passions of the mind. Penned by some of the best writers of past and present. Selections include Muriel Spark's The Portobello Road; William Trevor's The Hotel of the Idle Moon; Paul Theroux's The Johore Murders; Isabel Allende's An Act of Vengeance; Alice Walker's How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easy; and many more.

Slow Hand: Women Writing Erotica is an exciting anthology of new erotic stories by women, for women. In a world where men still expect to make the first move, this collection of nineteen tantalizing stories gives women their chance to have the last word.

Contains: The revelations of 'Becka Paulson / Stephen King -- Sea lovers / Valerie Martin -- Psychopomp / Haydn Middleton -- A glowing future / Ruth Rendell -- The tiger returns to the mountain / T.L. Parkinson -- Consanguinity / Ronald Duncan -- Keeping house / Michael Blumlein -- The villa Désirée / May Sinclair -- Cleave the vampire, or, a gothic pastorale / Patrick McGrath -- The swords / Robert Aickman -- Salon satin / Carolyn Banks -- How love came to Professor Guildea / Robert Hitchens -- Wings / Harriet Zinnes -- The basilisk / R. Murray Gilchrist -- A quarter past you / Jonathan Carroll -- The master builder / Christopher Fowler -- Festival / Eric McCormack -- Ladies in waiting / Hugh B. Cave -- Death and the single girl / Thomas M. Disch -- Master / Angela Carter -- The conqueror worm / Stephen R. Donaldson -- Jacqueline Ess: her will and testament / Clive Barker.

268 p. ; 22 cm