TY - BOOK TI - Post mortem: new tales of ghostly horror SN - 440207924 AV - FIC .P67 1989 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Dell Publishing Co., Inc. KW - GHOST STORIES -- HORROR TALES N1 - Introduction: The phantom book -- Each night, Each year -- Mark of the loser -- Timeskip -- Resettling -- The servitor -- Blanca -- Nine gables -- The last cowboy song -- The ring of truth -- Eyes of the swordmaker -- The guide -- Getting back -- Walkie-talkie -- Major prevue here tonite -- The brush of soft wings -- Brothers -- Haunted world -- Afterword -- About the authors N2 - This book is an anthology of short stories. I'm not particularly fond of anthologies. I'll usually find a few gems, but, save for the rare exceptions like The Best of Pulphouse, I've never read an anthology where I find more good stories than bad ones. The good news is that ghost stories tend to work best as short stories, since they tend to leave off with the main character being haunted, and don't need lengthy conclusions ER -