Demons

Fantastic tales of devilish delights.

A collection of fourteen fantastic and frightening tales from such renowned writers as Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, and Jack Vance, featuring worlds inhabited by darkness, wicked devils, dark tords, playful imps, and shapechangers.

"The Willow Platform" by Joseph Payne Brennan
"The Night of White Bhairab" by Lucius Shepard
"The Mangler" by Stephen King
"The Last Demon" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
"The Golden Rope" by Tanith Lee
"Basileus" by Robert Silverberg
"Twilla" by Tom Reamy
"The Purple Pterodactyls" by L. Sprague de Camp
"Goslin Day" by Avram Davidson
"Nellthu" by Anthony Boucher
"Snulbug" by Anthony Boucher
"One Other" by Manly Wade Wellman
"An Ornament to His Profession" by Charles L. Harness

Cover Art by Ron Miller

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, July 1987

Printed in the United States of America

eISBN: 978-1-62579-110-8

Electronic version by Baen Books
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