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PSYCHOLOGICAL CUTTING-EDGE TERROR WITH A WICKED TWIST! A TURN OF THE SCREW! F. Paul Wilson . Ramsey Campbell . Mort Castle .Tim Lebbon . Tina L. Jens . Robert Weinberg . Nancy Kilpatrick . Sephera Giron . Thomas Deja . J. Knight . these along with other masters of suspense plunge you into their corkscrew world of hateful revenge, uncertain fate, and finally--panic. You drift deeper and deeper, tumbling into THE BLACK SPIRAL. In twenty maximum-fear-factor tales of suspense youll encounter . Elvis rising from the grave to wreak havoc on a rap group whos been sampling his songs . the uncertainty of crossing over into the shadowy world of the near death experience . a writer who finds himself hunted like a character in the pages of his own screenplay . a young couple who think theyve found their dream home. that is, until they learn of its blood-soaked past . a seductive vixen who uses her voluptuous body as bait as she prowls the Goth scenes nightlife looking for fresh meat, leading to an orgiastic night that guarantees eternal life for Vanessa and her all-consuming passions . lust-filled ghosts who covet and seduce unsuspecting women as they sleep . a beautiful, hard-driving femme fatale whos on the run in the dusty heart of the Arizona Desert and races the devil for pink slips . and a serpent-handling, traveling preacher man who gets more than he planned for when he unwittingly makes a pact with old Mr. Scratch. These stories are at once eerie and haunting, chilling and nightmarishly brilliant. Guaranteed to prickle your skin with gooseflesh, and keep you reading until the wee hours of dawn. (1A)