| Prayers to Broken Stones: Stories Contributor(s): Simmons, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553762524 ISBN-13: 9780553762525 Publisher: Spectra Books OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her.... An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror.... During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror.... From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind. "From the Paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Horror - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6" W x 9" (1.38 lbs) 428 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind. A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . . An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . . During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . . Includes the following stories: "The River Styx Runs Upstream" "Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams" "Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell" "Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle" "Remembering Siri" "Metastasis" "The Offering" "E-Ticket to 'Namland" "Iverson's Pits" "Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites" "The Death of the Centaur" "Two Minutes and Forty-Five Seconds" "Carrion Comfort" |