Horrible Beginnings Author:Steven H. Silver (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) The stories that launched the careers... — Every great writer has to begin somewhere. The biggest names in horror and dark fantasy reach into the literary vaults and dig up their long-buried fiction debuts-with a brand new introduction to each story from the author. — * Lilies (1934) by Robert Bloch; — * ... more »The Graveyard Rats (1936) by Henry Kuttner;
* The Church in High Street (1962) by Ramsey Campbell;
* Eustace (1968) by Tanith Lee;
* They Come Only in Dreams (1970) by Ed Bryant;
* The Cleaning Machine (1971) by F. Paul Wilson;
* Agony in the Garden (1973) by Thomas Monteleone;
* The Case of Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1984) by Neil Gaiman;
* Surprise Fall (1984) by Yvonne Navarro;
* Dreamers (1984) by Kim Newman;
* Optional Music for Voice and Piano (1985) by Poppy Z. Brite;
* Anymone's Footsteps (1986) by Gary A. Braunbeck;