Prime Evil (anthology)

Prime Evil is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Douglas E. Winter. It was first published in 1988 by New American Library. With the exception of the Dennis Etchison story, "The Blood Kiss", the stories are original to this anthology.

Contents

• Introduction, by Douglas E. Winter
• "The Night Flier", by Stephen King
• "Having a Woman at Lunch", by Paul E. Hazel
• "The Blood Kiss", by Dennis Etchison
• "Coming to Grief", by Clive Barker
• "Food", by Thomas Tessier
• "The Great God Pan", by M. John Harrison
• "Orange Is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity", by David Morrell
• "The Juniper Tree", by Peter Straub
• "Spinning Tales with the Dead", by Charles L. Grant
• "Alice’s Last Adventure", by Thomas Ligotti
• "Next Time You’ll Know Me", by Ramsey Campbell
• "The Pool", by Whitley Strieber
• "By Reason of Darkness", by Jack Cady

Publication history

• 1988, USA, New American Library ISBN 0-453-00572-1, Pub date June 1988, Hardback
• 1988, UK, Bantam UK ISBN 0-593-01542-8, Pub date September 1988, Hardback, limited edition, 250 copies
• 1988, USA, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. ISBN 0-937986-84-8, Pub date October 1988, Hardback, limited edition, 1,000 signed numbered copies
• 1988, USA, Science Fiction Book Club 13683, Pub date December 1988, Hardback
• 1989, USA, New American Library ISBN 0-451-15909-8, Pub date April 1989, Paperback
• 1989, UK, Corgi ISBN 0-552-13474-0, Pub date October 1989, Paperback

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento (2007-11-20). "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". http://www.locusmag.com/index/b515.htm#A7535.15. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 332–333.