To begin the long road back to recovery following trad Christmas alcoholic meltdown, here's an index to the series to date. i don't know about you, but i find such listings fascinating reading; this one holds added appeal for me as, not only does it feature most of my favourite contemporary authors, but a number of contributors are people i've come to think of as very dear friends and colleagues.
Index to The Black Book Of Horror Volumes 1-5
Eddy C. Bertin – The Eye in the Mirror [#2]
Charles Black – To Summon A Flesh Eating Demon [#1]
Mike Chinn – All Under Hatches Stow’d [#2]
Mike Chinn - Like A Bird [#3]
David Conyers – Subtle Invasion [#1]
David Conyers - The Lord of the Law [#4]
John Kenneth Dunham – Spare Rib: A Romance [#1]
Paul Finch – The Wolf At Jessie’s Door [#1]
Paul Finch - In The Thicket [#3]
Paul Finch - Words [#4]
Paul Finch - Hangman Wanted: Apply In Writing [#5]
Carl T. Ford - Many Happy Returns [#4]
Gary Fry – The Older Man [#1]
Gary Fry - What We Cannot Recall [#3]
Gary Fry - Bad Hair Day [#4]
Marcus Gold - The Man With A Hole In His Head [#5]
Steve Goodwin – Power [#1]
Steve Goodwin – The Cold Harvest [#2]
Craig Herbertson – On the Couch [#2]
Craig Herbertson - Synchronicity [#3]
Craig Herbertson - Soup [#4]
Craig Herbertson - Leibniz’s Last Puzzle [#5]
Joel Lane – Last Night [#3]
Joel Lane - A Cry For Help [#4]
D. F. Lewis – A Pie With Thick Gravy [#1]
D. F. Lewis – Shaped Like A Snake [#1]
D. F. Lewis – Squabble [#2]
Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis - Family Ties [#3]
Julia Lufford – The Meal [#2]
Julia Lufford - The Looker [#3]
John Mains - The Spoon [#3]
John Mains - With Deepest Sympathy [#4]
Franklin Marsh – Last Christmas (I Gave You My Life) [#1]
Franklin Marsh – The Lake [#3]
Franklin Marsh - All Hallow’s Even [#4]
L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims – Onion [#2]
Daniel McGachey – “Shalt Thou Know My Name?” [#1]
Daniel McGachey – The Crimson Picture [#2]
Daniel McGachey - And Still Those Screams Resound…’ [#4]
Gary McMahon – Family Fishing [#1]
Gary McMahon – Black Glass [#2]
Gary McMahon – Takashi’s Last Symphony [#3]
Gary McMahon - Love is in the Air [#4]
Christine Mortimer - Out Of Her Head [#3]
Paul Newman - Widows Weeds [#3]
Frank Nicholas – Crows [#1]
Frank Nicholas – In An Old Overcoat [#3]
Reggie Oliver - The Head [#4]
Reggie Oliver - Mrs. Midnight [#5]
Rosalie Parker - In The Garden [#5]
Sean Parker – The Sound Of Muzak [#1]
Sean Parker – Death-Con 1 [#3]
Rog Pile – Cords [#1]
Rog Pile – The Pit [#2]
Rog Pile – The Scavenger [#3]
Rog Pile - Nails [#4]
John L Probert – Size Matters [#1]
John L. Probert – In Sickness And … [#2]
John Llewellyn Probert – John And Jenny And The Lump: A Cautionary Tale [#3]
John Llewellyn Probert - Two For Dinner [#5]
John Llewellyn Probert - De Vermis Infestis [#5]
Hazel Quinn - Flies [#4]
David A. Riley – Lock-In [#1]
David A. Riley – Now and Forever More [#2]
David A. Riley – A Sense Of Movement [#3]
David A. Riley - Their Own Mad Demons [#5]
Mark Samuels – Regina vs. Zoskia [#1]
Richard Staines - No Such Thing As A Friendly [#5]
Ian C. Strachan - The Devil Looks After His Own? [#4]
Ian C. Strachan - Starlight Casts No Shadow [#5]
David A. Sutton – Only In Your Dreams [#1]
David A. Sutton – Amygdala [#2]
David A. Sutton - Dead Water [#4]
Anna Taborska - Schrodinger’s Human [#5]
Raymond Vaughn - Winter Break [#5]
David Williamson - The Chameleon Man [#5]
Not a bad line up, eh? i make it 76 stories in all. Lord Probert has provided the most stories with five, but the only person to have their work featured in every volume to date is the obscenely gifted cover artist Paul Mudie. Other regular contributors are:
Paul Finch, Craig Herbertson, Gary McMahon, Rog Pile, David A. Riley - 4 stories:
Gary Fry, Steve Goodwin (one pseudonymous), D. F. Lewis, Franklin Marsh, Daniel McGachey, David A. Sutton - 3 stories:
Mike Chinn, David Conyers, Joel Lane, Julia Lufford, John Mains, Frank Nicholas, Reggie Oliver, Sean Parker, Mark Samuels (one pseudonymous), Ian C. Strachan - 2 stories: