Dark Forces
Dark Forces is a 1980 horror novel by Kirby McCauley, Dennis Etchison and Isaac Bashevis Singer. The story is set in Bridgton and Maine. Characters include Norm, Reuben and Sally. Readers will find themes of thunderstorms, Mist, supermarkets and Suicide.
99 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions.
It runs to roughly 544 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Dark Forces
Contains: The Late Shift by Dennis Etchison The Enemy by Isaac Bashevis Singer Dark Angel by Edward Bryant The Crest of Thirty-six by Davis Grubb Mark Ingestre: The Customer’s Tale by Robert Aickman Where the Summer Ends by Karl Edward Wagner The Bingo Master by Joyce Carol Oates Children of the Kingdom by T. E. D. Klein The Detective of Dreams by Gene Wolfe Vengeance Is. By Theodore Sturgeon The Brood by Ramsey Campbell The Whistling Well by Clifford D. Simak The Peculiar Demesne by Russell Kirk Where the Stones Grow by Lisa Tuttle The Night Before Christmas by Robert Bloch The Stupid Joke by Edward Gorey A Touch of Petulance by Ray Bradbury Lindsay and the Red City Blues by Joe Haldeman A Garden of Blackred Roses by Charles L. Grant Owls Hoot in the Daytime by Manly Wade Wellman Where There’s a Will by Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson Traps by Gahan Wilson [The Mist](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149144W/The_Mist) by Stephen King
Awards & lists
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1981 — Best Collection (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 1981 — Best Anthology (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote Dark Forces?
Dark Forces was written by Kirby McCauley, Dennis Etchison and Isaac Bashevis Singer and first published in 1980.
What genre is Dark Forces?
It is usually shelved as Horror.
How long is Dark Forces?
The median edition has 544 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Dark Forces?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Mist, Skeleton Crew and Endlessly (Paranormalcy #3).
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