The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein
Edited by Stephen Jones.
From the editors of Mammoth Books of Terror, Zombies, and Vampires, a collection of tales about Mary Shelley's mad scientist features marvelously monstrous contributions from Clive Barker, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Tremayne, and many others.
Contents:
- Introduction: It's Alive! by Stephen Jones
- Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
- A New Life by Ramsey Campbell
- The Creator by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- Better Dead by Basil Copper
- Creature Comforts by Nancy Kilpatrick
- Mannikins of Horror by Robert Bloch
- El Sueño de la Razón by Chaz Brenchley (as by Daniel Fox)
- Pithecanthropus Rejectus by Manly Wade Wellman
- Tantamount to Murder by John Brunner
- Last Train by Guy N. Smith
- The Hound of Frankenstein by Peter Tremayne
- Mother of Invention by Graham Masterton
- The Frankenstein Legacy by Adrian Cole
- The Dead Line by Dennis Etchison
- Poppi's Monster by Lisa Morton
- Undertow by Karl Edward Wagner
- A Complete Woman by Roberta Lannes
- Last Call for the Sons of Shock by David J. Schow
- Chandira by Brian Mooney
- Completist Heaven by Kim Newman
- The Temptation of Dr Stein by Paul J. McAuley
- To Receive is Better by Michael Marshall Smith
- The Dead End by David Case
- Frankenstein (poem) by Jo Fletcher
Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (born 1953) is an acclaimed editor of numerous award-winning horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications. Jones has edited anthologies such as the Best New Horror series, Dark Terrors, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, The Mammoth Book of Zombies, The Mammoth Book of Dracula, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes and The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard. Jones has also been co-editor of several books with Kim Newman, such as Horror: 100 Best Books and Horror: Another 100 Best Books with 200 essays on seminal horror books by acclaimed writers of this genre. Jones also edited Dancing with the Dark, a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers. Jones has been the recipient of a Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards.