The Collected Stories of Richard Matheson, Volume 3

Edited by Stanley Wiater

Here is VOLUME THREE of RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES. Again, it is an expanded tradepaperback version of the 1989 Dream/Press hardcover limited edition. Gauntlet is publishing it in 3 volumes (we also have the first 2 volumes still available)

This three volume edition of RICHARD MATHESON: COLLECTED STORIES is the gathering together of 86 Richard Matheson short stories, beginning with Born of Man and Woman from 1950 and ending with Duel from 1971. The stories were arranged by Matheson himself roughly in chronological order of original publication. There are also several tributes to Richard Matheson throughout the volumes from admirers such as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan, and others. Finally, Matheson wrote a deeply revealing Introduction for the collection. As Matheson himself states in this Introduction, "A twenty-year period of creativity reduced to the psychological background of my output of fantasy and science-fiction stories. If this were a thesis, that would be my premise".

As with Volume One and Two, for Volume Three editor Stanley Wiater has included a "bibliophile" at the end of each story containing Matheson's very own commentary on the behind-the-scenes details of each story. Each story is also listed with it's original publication date and place of publication.

Table of Contents

• Editor's Preface
• Dream Press Introduction: 1989
• Gauntlet Press Introduction: 2003
• Big Surprise
• The Creeping Terror
• Deadline
• Mantage
• No Such Thing As a Vampire
• From Harlan Ellison
• Crickets
• Day of Reckoning
• First Anniversary
• From Shadowed Places
• Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
• Finger Prints
• The Likeness of Julie
• Mute
• Deus Ex Machina
• Girl of My Dreams
• The Jazz Machine
• From Stephen King
• Shock Wave
• 'Tis the Season To Be Jelly
• Interest
• A Drink of Water
• Therese
• Prey
• Button, Button
• From Dennis Etchison
• By Appointment Only
• Finishing Touches
• 'Til Death Do Us Part
• The Near Departed
• Buried Talents
• Duel
• From Richard Christian Matheson

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