Chet Williamson: 14 books

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“An excellent collection” of vampire stories, from authors such as Harlan Ellison, Dan Simmons, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and Fritz Leiber (Publishers Weekly).** Renowned editor Ellen Datlow has gathered seventeen variations on vampirism ranging from classically Gothic to postmodern satire,...

“Horror author Chet Williamson ably succeeds in the tough task of creating a sequel to Robert Bloch’s masterpiece, Psycho; a prequel to the less effective Psycho II; and a solid story in its own right…The novel shines. Whenever Norman gets the spotlight, the novel feels like a lost Bloch work.”...

A breathtaking novel of dark suspense and bittersweet nostalgia, Second Chance breaks new ground for a writer whose work critics have favorably compared to such disparate writers as Camus, Cheever, and Stephen King. In Second Chance, Chet Williamson defines a generation and gives readers the ride of...

The story centers around a renovated theater in Pennsylvania and is arranged in three acts, plus overture and curtain call. The tension in Act I heightens as the reader must decide if this is a murder mystery, psychodrama, horror or fantasy, with the author offering clues to support each possibility....

Laika Harris, Tony Luciano, and Joseph Stein are the Searchers deep cover government agents directed by a man they dare not trust, exploring phenomena they cannot fathom. Now their hunt for the mysterious entity known as the Prisoner is leading them to a desiccated corpse in the Southwestern desert … and into the deadly midst of violent fanatics determined to set the enigmatic captive free.

In Merridale, semi-transparent blue ghosts are appearing. The town's dead are reappearing, frozen in their final moments of life for all to see, and none to ignore. The ghosts aren't the real story here, though - it's those who are still alive. Faced with the deaths and tragedies of their loved ones, and enemies, can Merridale's sanity survive? A classic novel of horror.

Tired of the political machinations of his egotistical fellow wizards, Benelaius retires from the College of War Wizards to take up residency in Cormyr, where he lives peacefully until he and his legman, Jasper, are forced to investigate the murder of a messenger from King Azoun.

Something is out there, and everything we know, everything we believe, everything we are is doomed. Their identities are a secret. Their mission does not exist. There is no one they can trust…not even the one man pulling the strings.

Seven year old Jackson receives a holiday gift of a harmonica from his Uncle Tee, a "magic man of music" who is himself a harmonica professional. Uncle Tee takes Jackson on an instructional tour of the amazing variety of sounds, emotions, and mental images that can be created through dedicated practice...

He is The Prisoner, ageless, deathless, powerful beyond measure and now he is free. A being as old as time, he has always been. For centuries a clandestine order of knights has guarded him, keeping his existence secret from an unsuspecting world. But The Prisoner has escaped his shackles, cutting a bloody swath of terror across America. His time is now.

Jesse Gordon, driven to a shocking murder by the killing of his wife and infant daughter, condemns himself to life underground in the New York City subway system. Abandoning the light of day, he finds an evil as old as time, and a redemption which must be bought by a price far greater than death...

Three men are offered a million dollars each if they will spend a month in an isolated Pennsylvania mansion, The Pines. There they will confront madness, murder, and the ultimate evil so that their billionaire host might find the key to life beyond the grave. But as they learn, dead souls dwell in The Pines. And death is just the beginning…

Welcome to Dreamthorp A sleepy little Pennsylvania resort town where city folks can get away from it all… A town where a woman who saw her best friend mutilated by a crazed sex killer can hide and forget… …until haunted relics of another age awaken an ancient evil and unleash a human horror that has no place outside of Hell…