Horror stories have always fascinated the imagination, and those which stir the most terror are by far the most eagerly read. And this collection once again brings together the finest fright-filled tales from the most skilled purveyors of ice for the veins. Here, selected by master craftsman Karl Edward Wagner, are fifteen sleep-destroying potions—from a man's haunting encounter with a long-buried madness ... to a writer lured to a rendezvous with destiny by his bizarre fascination with a deadly ancient ritual—by Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Harlan Ellison, Gardner Dozois, M. John Harrison, and their fellow brewers of nightmare visions.