As stated in her introduction to "Inferno," Ellen Datlow asked her favorite authors for stories that would "provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels compelled to turn on the bright lights and play music or seek the company of others to dispel the fear."
Mission accomplished. Datlow has produced a collection filled with some of the most powerful voices in the field: Pat Cadigan, Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Glen Hirshberg, K. W. Jeter, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lucius Shepard, to name a few. Each author approaches fear in a different way, but all of the stories' characters toil within their own hell. An aptly titled anthology, "Inferno" will scare the pants off readers and further secure Ellen Datlow's standing as a preeminent editor of modern horror.
- ISBN10 0765315580
- ISBN13 9780765315588
- Publish Date 10 December 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tor Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 381
- Language English