Over fifty chilling tales centering on the dark and deadly world of devils and demons await you in this unique volume, tailor-made for the midnight hour.
Spellbinding works, both classic and contemporary, by such outstanding writers as H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells, Bram Stoker, Bertrand Russell, Robert Bloch, Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Isaac Bashevis Singer, W. Somerset Maugham, Poul Anderson, and Leslie Charteris distinguish this wide-ranging collection.
Here you'll meet Lucifer in conventional and unconventional guises, plus members of his diabolical crew and other assorted hellish entities, including graveyard rats, vampire cats, sentient vegetables, obsessed gamblers, and politico-fiends.
Adding to the entertaining mix are poems, including Poe's unabridged version of "Ulalume"; an article by humorist Russell Baker; a new adaptation of Edmond Rostand's last play, Don Juan's Final Night; plus outstanding never-before-published stories that offer lots of fiendishly delicious pleasure.
Popular anthologist Marvin Kaye has provided a special introduction to this volume, "The Dialectic of the Devil"; headnotes to each selection; an "infernal lowerarchy" (a veritable "Who's Who in Hades"); and a selected bibliography and filmography relating to hellish and earthly fiends to round out an irresistable collector's volume.