Dancing with the Dark

Dancing with the Dark: True Encounters with the Paranormal by Masters of the Macabre.

Edited by Stephen Jones.

A spectral vision... The sound of phantom footsteps... An experiment in astral projection... A childhood premonition of disaster... Possession by a voodoo god... An Ouija board that predicted death... A body kept alive by force of will... A cursed family name... Such tales as these are more usually associated with horror books and movies. However, these anecdotes are absolutely true! They are just a sample of the real-life experiences recounted by some of the world's most famous frighteners, from such best-selling authors as Stephen King and James Herbert, to actor Vincent Price and director John Landis. Collected together for the very first time, many of the most successful and well-known exponents, along with rising stars of the horror field, relate their fascinating encounters with the supernatural, revealing how such unique experiences have affected their lives and influenced their works. Even for the experts, when it comes to unexplained phenomena, fact can be much more frightening than fiction...

Contents:

• INTRODUCTION: DANCING WITH THE DARK by Stephen Jones
• MY FEELINGS ABOUT GHOSTS by Joan Aiken
• TIMESWITCH by Sarah Ash
• THE RUSTLE IN THE GRASS by Mike Ashley
• TAKE CARE OF GRANDMA by Peter Atkins
• LIFE AFTER DEATH by Clive Barker
• THE CARTOGRAPHER by Stephen Baxter
• NOT QUITE SO PRAGMATIC by Robert Bloch
• THE NEAREST TO A GHOST by Ramsey Campbell
• HAITIAN "MYSTÈRES" by Hugh B. Cave
• ONE-WAY TRIP by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• THE SHOCK OF THE MACABRE by A.E. Coppard
• THE HAUNTED HOTEL by Basil Copper
• SAFE ARRIVAL by Peter Crowther
• A GIFT OF EAGLES by Jack Dann
• THE HOUSE ON SPADINA by Charles de Lint
• SHARING WITH STRANGERS by Terry Dowling
• HANDS ON THE WHEEL by Lionel Fanthorpe
• THAT OLD SCHOOL SPIRIT by Esther M. Friesner
• TWICE ENCOUNTERED by Gregory Frost
• THE FLINTS OF MEMORY LANE by Neil Gaiman
• IN THERE by Stephen Gallagher
• HAUNTED IN THE HEAD by Ray Garton
• THE HOUSE ON THE BRINK by John Gordon
• RIDING THE NIGHTWINDS by Ed Gorman
• E.S.P. by Elizabeth Goudge
• DEATH IS A LADY by Simon R. Green
• THE SMOKE GHOST by Peter Haining
• NEVER SAY DIE by Joe Haldeman
• NOT VERY PSYCHIC by James Herbert
• CONFESSIONS OF A BORN-AGAIN HEATHEN by Brian Hodge
• TO PINE WITH FEAR AND SORROW by Nancy Holder
• A GHOSTLY CRY by M.R. James
• ONE EXTRA FOR DINNER by Peter James
• A FACE IN THE CROWD by Mike Jeffries
• RAGEDDY ANN by Nancy Kilpatrick
• UNCLE CLAYTON by Stephen King
• GO ON, OPEN YOUR EYES . . . by Hugh Lamb
• MOVING HOUSE by Terry Lamsley
• INSPIRATION by John Landis
• NORFOLK NIGHTMARE by Stephen Laws
• NOT FUNNY by Samantha Lee
• THE GRAY GHOST by Barry B. Longyear
• WITCH HOUSE by H.P. Lovecraft
• THE CHALLENGE by Brian Lumley
• THE WORLD OF THE SENSES by Arthur Machen
• MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE by Graham Masterton
• MORE THAN WE APPEAR TO BE by Richard Matheson
• VISIT TO A PSYCHIC SURGEON by Richard Christian Matheson
• THE FALL OF THE WIRES by Paul McAuley
• UNTO THE THIRD GENERATION by Anne McCaffrey
• TALKIN' THEM MARBLE ORCHARD BLUES by Thomas F. Monteleone
• A SHADOW OF TOMORROW by Mark Morris
• THE HOUSE ON CHADWELL DRIVE by Yvonne Navarro
• THE FLOATING TABLE AND THE JUMPING VIOLET by William F. Nolan
• MESMERIC REVELATION by Edgar Allan Poe
• IN THE CLOUDS by Vincent Price
• CLINIC-MODERN by Alan Rodgers
• MAGICAL THINKING by Nicholas Royle
• DE COLD, COLD DÉCOLLETAGE by Jay Russell
• THE DARKNESS BETWEEN THE FRAMES by Adam Simon
• THE MIST PEOPLE by Guy N. Smith
• MR. CAT by Michael Marshall Smith
• IN THE REALM OF THE SPIRITS by S.P. Somtow
• CHACUN SA GOULE by Brian Stableford
• THE SPIRIT OF M.R. JAMES by Laurence Staig
• THE FAMILY CURSE by Peter Tremayne
• THE RED LODGE by H.R. Wakefield
• MY HAUNTED HOME by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• THE GHOST HUNTERS by Cherry Wilder
• A PLACE WHERE A HEAD WOULD REST by Chet Williamson
• HE GLOWING HAND by F. Paul Wilson
• FINDING MY RELIGION by Douglas E. Winter
• KID SISTER by Gene Wolfe
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS