Cutting Edge Edited by Dennis Etchison, et al. (1986)

Cutting Edge
Edited by Dennis Etchinson
Publisher:  Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Copyright:  1986
Book Club Edition

Near the beginning of the last decade, a remarkable awakening occurred.  It was a brave, new literary renaissance that saw the vision of the dark fantasiest return from a restless exile.  Writers seeking a form beyond the edge of mainstream horror now found an eager, hungry audience for their idiosyncratic creations.  Anthologies such as Shadows, Whispers, Night Chills, and Dark Forces broke new ground in a prolific movement that continually defied genre labels.  Now in a landmark collection of never-before-published works, Cutting Edge brings together twenty of today's master craftsmen to celebrate a bold new age of speculative fiction.

From an original novella by Peter Straub, to brilliant short stories by Whitley Strieber, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, and more, this extraordinary volume invites us into strange and unexplored realms of the imagination.  Here we discover tales of modern life, of hopes and fears that lurk in the cold light of a new dawn.  At their most intense, they tell of urban paranoia, of empty faces in subway shadows, and walking dead who work in deserted all-night markets.  At their most lyrical, they record the timeless struggle to retain innocence and love in a dehumanized world poised on the brink of disaster.

Audacious, startling, and specially composed for the twilight hours, Cutting Edge is a rich and satisfying treasury for fans of the form . . . and all those who have not yet felt the pleasure of its seductive chill.

Authors featured in this collection:  Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Joe Haldeman, Marc Laidlaw, Robert Lannes, Steve Rasnic Tem, Les Daniels, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Nicholas Royle, Ray Russell, Whitley Strieber, Robert Bloch, W. H. Pugmire, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Charles L. Grant, George Clayton Johnson, Richard Christian Matheson, William F. Nolan, Ramsey Campbell, Edward Bryant, Karl Edward Wagner.

Audacious, grotesque, and startling stories of modern horror specially composed for the midnight hour.

Condition:  Used.  Hardcover.  Dust cover is lighty discolored and shows scuffed edges.  Pages may be tanning from age.  Previous owner's "Library Of" stamp is on the front endpaper.

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