Richard Matheson – Shock 2
Posted by demonik on August 12, 2007
Richard Matheson – Shock 2 (Sphere, 1978)
Brother to the Machine
No Such Thing As a Vampire
Descent
Deadline
The Man Who Made the World
Graveyard Shift
The Likeness of Julie
Lazarus II
Big Surprise
Crickets
Mute
From Shadowed Places
A Flourish of Strumpets
Blurb:
THIRTEEN STORIES – THIRTEEN SHOCKS!
Master of the macabre Richard Matheson presents his second collection of stories to chill and terrify — thirteen SHOCKing tales that will make your blood run cold.
The man who became a machine …
The noblewoman who believed in vampires ….
The doctor who faced a witchdoctor’s voodoo curse …
The peculiar old man who gave local children a big surprise …
and many more characters guaranteed to give you the SHOCK of your life!
Sordid Spheres! 
Cliff Burns said
Nice to see a mention of one of my all-time faves (and a big influence on my work), Richard Matheson. Along with people like Charles Beaumont and Jerome Bixby, Matheson’s stripped down approach to horror revitalized the genre in the 1950’s and 60’s. I’ve got the SHOCK collections and various other books by Matheson–he can always be relied on to deliver the goods. Good posts here…I see a lot of familiar names on your site (I think we’ve got similar taste)…