The Rack

It's 1980 and you have three crisp dollar bills in your pocket. You run to the drugstore, or maybe the supermarket, because you know THE RACK will be there, waiting... that black wire rack, tempting you with the latest horror paperbacks and their lurid covers. You spin it slowly, ignoring the grating squeaks that try to warn you of the dangers THE RACK holds. You shiver as you take in the glossy covers: gothic mansions cloaked in fog, bulging eyes on blood-soaked faces, and all the creepy dolls you could ever wish for. You weigh the possibilities, pondering which nightmare to select, the vengeful vampire, the werewolf, demonic children, or perhaps parasitic insects. THE RACK contains new tales of terror by today's masters of horror. And THE RACK is never done with you.

This signed and slipcased Limited Edition of *The Rack*, edited by Tom Deady, features an introduction by Will Errickson and stories by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar, Philip Fracassi, Gwendolyn Kiste, Cynthia Pelayo, Mercedes Yardley, Johnny Compton, Ronald Malfi, Laurel Hightower, Jeff Strand, Rebecca Rowland, Max Booth III, Candace Nola, and others.

Special Features:

• Full-color wrap-around artwork by Ben Baldwin
• Twenty interior illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne
• Twenty full-color “1980s-style paperback covers” by Ben Baldwin
• Includes a collectible bookmark

Deluxe Production Features:

• Offset printed on an acid-free archival quality paper stock
• A fine cloth binding
• Hot foil stamping on the front cover and spine
• Smyth-sewn to create a more durable binding
• Twine head and tail bands
• High-quality endpapers
• Sewn-in satin ribbon page marker
• Custom-made slipcase stamped with hot foil and featuring a unique die-cut window
• Signed by Tom Deady, Glenn Chadbourne, and Ben Baldwin
• Limited to 600 signed copies

Table of Contents: “Introduction” by Will Errickson 'Black Pages' by Cynthia Pelayo 'Other Things Have Happened' by Ronald Malfi 'Fuzzy Slippers' by Jeff Strand 'The Raft' by Stephen King 'That Chemical Glow' by Larry Hinkle 'I Am a House Demanding to Be Haunted' by Mercedes M. Yardley 'Ursa Diruo' by Kristin Dearborn 'A Devil We Used to Know' by Johnny Compton 'Irish Eyes' by Brigett Nelson 'They Look Back' by Candace Nola 'Blood of My Blood' by Christa Carmen 'The Keeper of Taswomet' by Errick Nunnally 'The Last Call of the Cicada' by Gwendolyn Kiste 'Mightier than Bullets' by Laurel Hightower 'Loud and Clear' by Max Booth III 'Better by You, Better than Me' by Rebecca Rowland 'A Nightmare on Elm Lane' by Richard Chizmar 'The Visitor' by Philip Fracassi 'Lips Like a Scythe' by Steve Van Samson 'White Pages' by Clay McLeod Chapman “Afterword” by Tom Deady Art Gallery by Ben Baldwin

About the Editor: Tom Deady has published several novels and novellas inspired by his love of horror. Born and raised in Massachusetts, not far from the historic town of Salem, he resides in Arizona.