Scream Quietly [jhc] A collection of Charles L. Grant stories, edited by Stephen Jones

Contents
Introduction: My Friend Charlie by Stephen Jones
Foreword by Stephen King
Such As It Is
But the Other Old Man Stopped Playing
White Wolf Calling
Through All His Blood Runs Shadow
From All the Fields of Hail and Fire
A Glow of Candles, a Unicorn’s Eye
When All the Children Call My Name
Needle Song
Not So Quiet, Maybe by Peter Straub
A Garden of Blackred Roses
Quietly Now
Every Time You Say I Love You
Coin of the Realm
Old Friends
Home
Charlie Grant: Beginnings by Kim Newman
A Night of Dark Intent
Something There Is
Pride
Confess the Seasons
Recollections of Annie
And We’ll Be Jolly Friends
The Fire on the Mountain Burns No More by Thomas F. Monteleone
The Generation Waltz
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Penny Daye
The Last and Dreadful Hour
Crystal
This Old Man
Charlie by Nancy Holder
Spinning Tales with the Dead
Snowman
Alice Smiling
One Life, In an Hourglass
Sometimes, in the Rain
Riding the Black
The Soft Sound of Wings
An Interview with Charles L. Grant Nancy Kilpatrick

Charles L. (Lewis) Grant (1942–2006) was born in Newark, New Jersey. A former teacher turned writer, as a military policeman in the US Army in Vietnam during the late 1960s he was awarded the Bronze Star. A prolific author and editor, he wrote in various genres under the pseudonyms “Geoffrey Marsh”, “Lionel Fenn”, “Simon Lake”, “Felicia Andrews” and “Deborah Lewis”. A winner three World Fantasy Awards and two Nebula Awards, Grant was also a recipient of the British Fantasy Society’s Special Award and the Horror Writers Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2002 he was named Grand Master by the World Horror Convention.

Praise For Charles L. Grant
“The premier horror writer of his or any generation.”
—Stephen King

“Charles L. Grant is in a class by himself—spine-tingling story teller with an eerie imagination and a riveting style. Anyone interested in horror absolutely must pay attention to him.”
—David Morrell

“Grant’s style of horror takes hold of your spinal cord and plays it like a violin. His prose leaks with moody atmosphere, his characterisation is incisive and the pace never flags.”
—Charles de Lint

“One of the best writing talents ever to grace the field of horror.”
—Douglas E. Winter

“Grant is a superb stylist who knows how to induce shivers with simple language and quietly riveting images.”
—San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle

“Grant is one of a small circle of quality horror authors whose elite numbers include Stephen King, Peter Straub, David Morrell, and a few others.”
—Rocky Mountain News

“One of the genre’s more literate practitioners. Always a careful scene-setter, Grant eschews gore for more subtle thrills.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Grant is one of the authors who have given us a new golden age of horror fiction.”
—Publishers Weekly

“A fine writer and a hell of a good storyteller.”
—Rave Reviews