{{Infobox book , name = 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense , image = Al Sarrantonio - 999 New Stories Of Horror And Suspense.jpeg , caption = First edition cover , cover_artist = Amy Halperin , author =

Al Sarrantonio Al Sarrantonio (born May 25, 1952) is an American horror and science fiction writer, editor and publisher who has authored more than 50 books and 90 short stories. He has also edited numerous anthologies and has been called "brilliant" and " ...

(editor) , country = United States , language = English , genre = Horror,

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Avon Books Avon Publications is one of the leading publishers of romance fiction. At Avon's initial stages, it was an American paperback book and comic book publisher. The shift in content occurred in the early 1970s with multiple Avon romance titles rea ...

(hardcover), Perennial (paperback) , release_date = 1999 , media_type = Print (hardcover & paperback) , pages = 666 , isbn = 978-0-380-97740-6 , dewey= 813/.08738 21 , congress= PS648.H6 A16 1999 , oclc= 41039795 ''999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense'' (changed to ''999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense'' for the paperback; both generally shortened to ''999'') is a collection of

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

and novellas published in 1999 and edited by

. The title is a contraction of the year as well as

666 666 may refer to: * 666 (number) * 666 BC, a year * AD 666, a year * The number of the beast, a reference in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament Places * 666 Desdemona, a minor planet in the asteroid belt * U.S. Route 666, an America ...

upside-down. All twenty-nine stories had never been published before. The book won the Bram Stoker Award for best original anthology and was on the final ballot for both the World Fantasy Award and the British Fantasy Award.

Stories

* "Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Morgue" by

Kim Newman Kim James Newman (born 31 July 1959) is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's ''Dracula'' at ...

* "The Ruins of Contracoeur" by Joyce Carol Oates * "The Owl and the Pussycat" by

Thomas M. Disch Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nomination ...

* "

The Road Virus Heads North "The Road Virus Heads North" is a short story by Stephen King. The story first appeared in '' 999'', an anthology published in 1999 and edited by Al Sarrantonio. In 2002, it was collected in King's ''Everything's Eventual''. King wove the story ...

" by Stephen King * "Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story" by Neil Gaiman * "Growing Things" by T.E.D. Klein * "Good Friday" by

F. Paul Wilson Francis Paul Wilson (born May 17, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of literary fiction. His books include the Repairman Jack n ...

* "Excerpts from the ''Records of the New Zodiac'' and the Diaries of Henry Watson Fairfax" by Chet Williamson * "An Exaltation of Termagants" by

Eric Van Lustbader Eric Van Lustbader (born December 24, 1946) is an American author of thriller and fantasy novels. He has published as Eric Lustbader, Eric V. Lustbader, and Eric Van Lustbader. He is a graduate of New York's Stuyvesant High School and Columb ...

* "Itinerary" by

Tim Powers Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels '' Last Call'' and ''Declare''. His 1987 novel ''On Stranger Tide ...

* "Catfish Gal Blues" by Nancy A. Collins * "The Entertainment" by

Ramsey Campbell Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...

* "ICU" by Edward Lee * "The Grave" by P.D. Cacek * "The Shadow, The Darkness" by

Thomas Ligotti Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is an American horror writer. His writings are rooted in several literary genres – most prominently weird fiction – and have been described by critics as works of ''philosophical'' horror, often formed into ...

* "Knocking" by

Rick Hautala Rick Hautala (February 3, 1949 – March 21, 2013) was an American speculative fiction and horror writer. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1974, where he received a Master of Art in English Literature. Rick arrived on the horror ...

* "Rio Grande Gothic" by

David Morrell David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American novelist whose debut 1972 novel ''First Blood'', later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful ''Rambo'' franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He h ...

* "Des Saucisses, Sans Doute" Peter Schneider * "Angie" by Ed Gorman * "The Ropy Thing" by

* "The Tree is My Hat" by

Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and nove ...

* "Styx and Bones" by

Edward Bryant Edward Winslow Bryant Jr. (August 27, 1945 – February 10, 2017) was an American science fiction and horror writer sometimes associated with the Dangerous Visions series of anthologies that bolstered The New Wave. At the time of his death, ...

* "Hemophage" by Steven Spruill * "The Book of Irrational Numbers" by

Michael Marshall Smith Michael Paul Marshall Smith (born 3 May 1965) is an English novelist, screenwriter and short story writer who also writes as Michael Marshall, M. M. Smith and Michael Rutger. Biography Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Smith moved with his family a ...

* "Mad Dog Summer" by Joe R. Lansdale * "The Theater" by Bentley Little * "Rehearsals" by

Thomas F. Monteleone Thomas Francis Monteleone (born April 14, 1946) is an American science fiction author and horror fiction author."Monteleone, Thomas F(rancis)", by Don D'Ammassa in David Pringle, ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers''. London : S ...

* "Darkness" by Dennis L. McKiernan * " Elsewhere" by

William Peter Blatty William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel, ''The Exorcist'', and for his 1974 screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name. Blatty won ...

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