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The Beauty of Death Vol2 - Death by Water - The Gargantuan Book of Horror Tales - cover

The Beauty of Death Vol2 - Death by Water - The Gargantuan Book of Horror Tales

Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Tim Waggoner, Edward Lee, John Langan, Lisa Mannetti, Lisa Morton, Caitlin R. Kiernan, David J. Schow, Brian Evenson, Lucy Taylor, Peter Straub, Lucy Snyder, Dennis Etchison

Publisher: Independent Legions Publishing

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Summary

In each of these stories from some of greatest writers of horror and dark fiction, water plays the dual role of accomplice and executioner. With accidental drownings, irresistible calls of sirens from the deep, strange whisperings from household plumbing, faces of the dead in droplets of water, rabid fish, leviathan monsters, and more, these thirty-nine tales of death by water will make you think twice about taking that long-awaited cruise, going for a midnight swim, or taking your next shower.

Stories by: Joanna Parypinski, Lucy Taylor, Dona Fox, Eric J. Guignard, Lucy Snyder, Stephen Gregory, Daniel Braum, Simon Bestwick, Peter Straub, Lisa Mannetti, Daniele Bonfanti, Ramsey Campbell, Gregory L. Norris, Michael Bailey, Marge Simon, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Frazer Lee, Paolo Di Orazio, Dennis Etchison, John Palisano, Brian Evenson, Michael Hanson, Edward Lee, Tim Waggoner, Gene O’Neill, Jonah Buck, David J. Schow, Anthony Watson, Bruce Boston, Michael A. Arnzen, Adam Nevill, John Langan, Alessandro Manzetti, Clive Barker, Lisa Morton, Jodi Renée Lester, Jeremy Megargee, Nicola Lombardi, Adam Millard.

Edited by: Alessandro Manzetti & Jodi Renée Lester
Available since: 11/09/2017.

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