Contents (view Concise Listing)

• Introduction (Piercing the Darkness Anthology) • essay by Craig Cook
• King of Shadows • [The God of the Razor] • (2006) • novelette by Joe R. Lansdale
• Quiet Bullets • (2009) • short story by Christopher Golden
• Haven • (2003) • short story by Kealan Patrick Burke
• Brave Girl • (2002) • short story by Jack Ketchum
• Dealing with Mama Lila • short fiction by Sandy DeLuca
• Husband of Kellie • short fiction by T. T. Zuma
• Obedient Flies • (2000) • short story by Greg F. Gifune
• Abattoir Blues • short fiction by James A. Moore
• Cannonball Lycanthrope • short fiction by Janet Joyce Holden
• Throwing Monsters • short fiction by Jonathan Janz
• The Fierce Stabbing and Subsequent Post-Death Vengeance of Scooter Brown • short story by Jeff Strand
• The House in Cyrus Holler: A Will Castleton Adventure • short fiction by David Bain
• Cooked • (2012) • short fiction by Jonathan Maberry
• Miz Ruthie Pays Her Respects • short fiction by Lucy A. Snyder [as by Lucy Snyder]
• Letting Go • (2008) • short fiction by Mary SanGiovanni
• The Viking Plays Patty Cake • short fiction by Brian Keene
• Shadow Chaser • (2005) • short story by Simon Wood
• The Folly • (2008) • short fiction by Robert Dunbar
• Spider Goes to Market • (1997) • short story by Gerard Houarner
• Pest Control • short fiction by C. Dennis Moore
• I'm So Sorry for Your Loss • short fiction by Ronald Malfi
• Timothy Meek • short fiction by Gord Rollo
• Traps • (1987) • short story by F. Paul Wilson
• Searching • short fiction by Monica J. O'Rourke [as by Monica O'Rourke]
• Fire • (2010) • short fiction by Elizabeth Massie
• Dance of the Blue Lady • (2005) • short story by Gene O'Neill
• Dinosaur Day • (2003) • short fiction by Gary A. Braunbeck
• Exit Strategy • short story by Tim Waggoner