Fear of the unknown--it is the essence of the best horror stories, theneed to know what monstrous vision you're beholding and the underlyingterror that you just might find out. Now, twenty authors have gatheredto ask--and maybe answer--a question worthy of almost any horror tale:"What the #@&% is that?" Join these masters of suspense as they take you to where the shadows grow long, and that which lurks at the cornerof your vision is all too real.

Featuring stories by Laird Barron, Scott Sigler, Simon R. Green, Alan Dean Foster, Christopher Golden, Maria Dahvana Headley, John Langan, Seanan McGuire, Jonathan Maberry, Tim Pratt, An Owomoyela and Rachel Swirsky, and others!