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More than forty-five years after his first collection was published, here is an original volume of David Case's macabre Gothic tales that showcases the author's remarkable psycho-sexual fiction combined with the tropes of the classic horror story.

Taking its title from the classic 1971 novella, Fengriffen & Other Gothic Tales also includes such memorable stories as 'Anachrona', 'The Foreign Bride' and his Frankenstein-inspired short novel 'The Dead End'.

With a personal Introduction from award-winning editor Stephen Jones and an exclusive Afterword by acclaimed film writer Kim Newman, in which he discusses how the title story was adapted into the crawling-hand horror movie -And Now the Screaming Starts!, this volume showcases the work of one of the genre's finest exponents of the macabre.

WFA nominated novella. It originally appeared in the anthology Dark Terrors 5: The Gollancz Book of Horror (2000), edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton. The story is included in the collection Pelican Cay & Other Disquieting Tales (2010).

More than a decade after his previous collection appeared, here is a new volume of David Case's macabre and sardonic stories that is destined to stand alongside his earlier three compilations of superlative dark fiction.

Taking its title from his World Fantasy Award - nominated zombie apocalypse story set in the Florida Keys, this new volume contains three further uncollected tales, along with an original conte cruel and two major novellas original to this volume. As a special bonus, the deluxe signed edition contains an additional two stories which are variant drafts.

In these powerful narratives of psycho-sexual torture and vengeance, a husband reveals how he let his wife suffer a horrible fate... an ominous mound and a pile of women's clothes are the only clues to an amnesiac's past... an explorer discovers that his captor's have a very limited menu... the loss a soldier's family leads to a terrible revenge... and we learn the surprising origin of one of the most famous creatures in the pantheon of monsters...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: A Case of the Shudders - essay by Stephen Jones
• Pelican Cay - (1999) - novella
• Penny Wise - short story
• Reflection - (1997) - novelette
• Skulls - novella
• The Cannibal Feast - (1994) - short story
• The War Is Over - (1988) - short story
• The Cave - novella

More than forty-five years after his first collection was published, here is an original volume of David Case's transformative tales that showcases the author's remarkable psycho-sexual fiction combined with the tropes of the classic werewolf story.

Beginning with the powerful novella that gave its title to that inaugural collection, The Cell & Other Transmorphic Tales also includes such memorable stories as 'Strange Roots', 'Among the Wolves', 'A Cross to Bear' and 'The Hunter'.

With a personal Introduction from award-winning editor Stephen Jones and an exclusive Afterword by acclaimed film writer Kim Newman, in which he discusses how 'The Hunter' was adapted into the 1970s TV movie Scream of the Wolf, this volume celebrates the work of one of the genre's finest exponents of the macabre.

When archaeologist Thomas Ashley is invited to remote Devonshire by Lucian Mallory to examine and decipher millennia-old papyrus scrolls, he is unable to resist the offer, despite knowing of Mallory's sinister and unsavory reputation. The scrolls, retrieved from an ancient necropolis, purportedly contain Egyptian secrets of resurrection and immortality.

From the moment of Ashley's arrival, it is clear something is terribly wrong: a gruesome murder has been committed, and everyone is fearful a madman is on the loose. But the truth is far more shocking. As the murders continue, Ashley works to uncover the secrets contained in the scrolls and begins to glimpse the horrific reality of Mallory's inscrutable plan...

A killer stalks the city's streets...

Only a crazed beast could have committed the grisly murders that are terrorizing the city of Toronto. The victims are usually young women, their bodies found mangled as though torn apart by the fangs of a rabid animal. Yet witnesses swear they have seen the hulking figure of a man nearby.

But everyone knows there's no such thing as a werewolf...