Dark Screams Books in Order

Edited by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar, this anthology includes stories by Stephen King and Kelley Armstrong. A farmer sees profit in a fallen meteorite, while other encounters reveal dangers beneath seemingly manageable situations.

Five horror stories include a drowned boy's return for revenge, a vanished flight that exposes a ticket clerk to evil, and a television worker's unsettling assignment in a Victorian house, collected by Freeman and Chizmar.

Five stories by Peter Straub, Jack Ketchum, and others explore threatening encounters. A child records visits from an inhuman being, an author accepts a suspicious speaking invitation, and a teenager befriends a girl who claims haunting.

This horror anthology follows a dead mother's wish to contact her son, a convention whose curse becomes disturbingly plausible, and a veteran confronting a sinister presence in hospital, with stories by Clive Barker and others.

Mick Garris, J. Kenner, and other contributors explore ambition, fate, and damaged relationships. A filmmaker attends a celebration with a hidden price, while a heartbroken man visits a New Orleans voodoo shop in this horror anthology.

Six horror stories explore troubling family relationships, buried memories, and threats surrounding death. Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tim Curran, whose grave robbers face an enemy more frightening than the pursuing authorities.

Six stories by Robert McCammon, Kaaron Warren, and other contributors expose sinister places and hidden pasts. A swamp expert encounters unfamiliar danger, while childhood visits to the beach acquire a disturbing meaning in later life.

Six horror stories include a writer whose typewriter harbors a bloody secret and a mother unsettled by a boy in her otherwise ideal neighborhood. Frank Darabont, Bentley Little, and others contribute tales of concealed threats.

Six horror stories explore deceptive appearances, including a company's sinister loyalty test, a lost lover's unexpected return, and a corpse missing from a morgue. Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Moore, and other contributors turn ordinary encounters threatening.