“Book Descriptions: From the best horror editor in the business comes the quintessential horror anthology: The Monstrous. Take a terrifying journey with literary masters of suspense, visiting a place where the other is somehow one of us. These electrifying tales redefine monsters from mere things that go bump-in-the-night to inexplicable, deadly reflections of our day-to-day lives. Whether it's a seemingly-devoted teacher, an obsessive devotee of swans, or a diner full of evil creatures simply seeking oblivion, the monstrous is always there — and much closer than it appears.
Table of Contents "Introduction" Ellen Datlow “A Natural History of Autum” Jeffrey Ford “Ashputtle” Peter Straub “Giants in the Earth” Dale Bailey “The Beginning of the year Without a Summer” Catlín R. Kiernan “A Wish From a Bone” Gemma Files “The Last, Clean, Bright Summer” Livia Llewellyn “The Totals” Adam-Troy Castro “The Chill Clutch of the Unseen” Kim Newman “Down Among the Dead Men” Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois “Catching Flies” Carole Johnston “Our Turn Too Will One Day Come” Brian Hodge “Grindstone” Stephen Graham Jones” “Doll Hands” Adam L. G. Nevill “How I Met the Ghoul” Sofia Samatar “Jenny Come to Play” Terry Dowling” DRIVE