Re: Creepy stories

"ppint. at IMT" wrote:

- hi; in article,
<1193847150.114804.326220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
iddw@xxxxxxxxxxx "Dave Hansen" proposed:
(Michael Stemper) wrote:

Any good, creepy science fiction stories for Halloween reading?

A few that come to mind for me are:

Padgett's "The Twonky" has creeped me out for years. I first read
it in high school. Although the author and title quickly slipped
from memory, the scene in which the protagonist was unable to
understand the meaning of a passage in a book -- even though he
understood every word -- stuck with me across several decades.

Bixby's "It's a Good Life" portrays a village living in constant
fear of the whims of a three-year-old. 'nuff said.

George R. R. Martin's "Sandkings". No capsule description can
really do it justice.

- i fear i cannot recall the author, but a story that
was published in F&SF a long time ago, now, has worked
very well with a number of generations of rapt story-
listeners: "The Hypnoglyph".
it's been anthologised in at least one of the non-

From the Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base (http://isfdb.org):
Title: The Hypnoglyph
Author: John Anthony
Year: 1953

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1953, (Jul 1953,
Anthony Boucher, J. Francis McComas, Fantasy House, Inc., $0.35, 132pp,
Digest, magazine) Cover: Ed Emshwiller
Portals of Tomorrow, (1954, August Derleth, Rinehart, #LCC# 546523,
$3.75, 371pp, hc, anth)
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction, (1960, Robert P. Mills,
Doubleday, $4.50, 406pp, hc, anth)
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction, (Jan 1962, Robert P. Mills,
Dell, #X12, $0.75, 416pp, pb, anth) Cover: Richard Powers - [VERIFIED]
Science Fiction Stories, (1979, Tom Boardman, Jr., London: Octopus
Books 0-7064-0999-X, $5.98, 350pp, hc, anth)
Science Fiction Stories, (1986, Tom Boardman, Jr., Octopus,
0-7064-0999-X, ?2.50, 350pp, hc, anth)


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