Edited anthologies
The Puffin Book of Horror Stories
Spoiler-free summary
An anthology of horror stories selected and edited by Horowitz, later reissued under the title Death Walks Tonight.
Multiple locations across the volume's component stories. The pleasure lies in variety of voice and storytelling, shaped by a multi-story volume whose order creates changes of pace, tone and scale..
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Also published as
Death Walks Tonight · United Kingdom — 1995 reissue title.
Retitle / edition history
First published in 1994 and reissued in 1995 as Death Walks Tonight.
Can I start here?
Yes. The book or collection is designed to be approached without a required earlier volume.
What makes it different
Horowitz the editor is a gleeful host, arranging other writers' nightmares into a collection designed to make bedtime a very bad idea.
Setting
Multiple locations across the volume's component stories.
Content guidance
Peril and themes appropriate to the readership guidance above; consult the publisher edition for any title-specific advisory.
Title & retitling history
This guide uses The Puffin Book of Horror Stories. Known alternatives: Death Walks Tonight (United Kingdom).
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Continuity
This book does not require knowledge of a numbered series.
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