&sq=&lang=&file=File:Dark_Forces_book.jpg) Cover of the first US edition | |
| Author | Kirby McCauley (editor) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror short stories |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1980 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 551 pp |
| ISBN | 0-670-25653-6 |
| OCLC | 6194868 |
| 813/.0872 | |
| LC Class | PS648.H6 D37 |
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror is an anthology of 23 original horror stories, first published by The Viking Press in 1980 and as a paperback by Bantam Books in 1981. It was edited by New York City literary agent Kirby McCauley. Dark Forces won the World Fantasy award for best anthology/collection in 1981 and is celebrated in an essay by Christopher Golden in Horror: Another 100 Best Books, edited by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman.[1]
In 2006, Dark Forces: The 25th Anniversary Edition was announced by Lonely Road Books, and it sold out within days of being announced. It was published in late 2007 as a limited edition of 300 copies and as a lettered edition of 26 copies. It featured the same stories, but it also included signatures from the editor and all of the artists, a new interview of Kirby McCauley conducted by Kealan Patrick Burke, a new cover by Bernie Wrightson, and over twenty-four new color and black and white inner illustrations by Jill Bauman, Glenn Chadbourne, Alan M. Clark, Allen Koszowski, Alex McVey, Keith Minnion, Chad Savage, and Erik Wilson.
- ^ Golden, Christopher: "On Dark Forces" in Horror: Another 100 Best Books, page 283-285, edited by S Jones & K Newman, Carroll & Graf paperback, 2005