Avenger had some great recommendations there. I'd second those, most definitely. Also, you can't go wrong with the following:
- BY BIZARRE HANDS or HIGH COTTON by Joe R. Lansdale (single-author collection)
- THE COLLECTION by Bentley Little (single-author collection)
- SKELETON CREW by Stephen King (single-author collection)
- SOFT AND OTHERS by F. Paul Wilson (single-author collection)
- THE BEST OF CEMETERY DANCE Volumes 1 and 2, Edited by Richard Chizmar
- SILVER SCREAM, Edited by David J. Schow
- MOONCHASERS AND OTHER STORIES by Ed Gorman (not really horror, per se, but the greatest single-author collection I have *ever* read)
- NO REST FOR THE WICKED by Brian Keene (single-author collection by a good buddy o' mine)
- SHOCK ROCK Volumes 1 and 2, Edited by Jeff Gelb (rock horror collection -- it doesn't get much better than that!)
- THE ASYLUM Volumes 1 and 2 (maybe I'm a bit biased on this one, though, 'cause I'm in Volume 2 :)
- RANDOM ACTS OF WEIRDNESS (ditto THE ASYLUM)
Hope this leads you to some good reading! Happy hunting . . . .
J.N.
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