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Horror

The Dark Descent

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  • 1987 first published
  • 751 pages
  • 12 editions
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David G. Hartwell, Stephen King and John Collier's The Dark Descent (1987) is a horror novel. It features Hugh Morgan and William Harker. It deals with inquests, coroners and mountain lions.

130 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 12 editions.

At about 751 pages, most readers finish it in 13–14 hours.

About The Dark Descent

pt. 1. The color of evil. The reach / Stephen King -- Evening primrose / John Collier -- The ash-tree / M.R. James -- The new mother / Lucy Clifford -- There's a long, long trail a-winding / Russell Kirk -- The call of Cthulhu / H.P. Lovecraft -- The summer people / Shirley Jackson -- The whimper of whipped dogs / Harlan Ellison -- [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown) / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Mr. Justice Harbottle -- J. Sheridan Le Fanu -- The crowd / Ray Bradbury -- The autopsy / Michael Shea -- John Charrington's wedding / E. Nesbit -- Sticks / Karl Edward Wagner -- Larger than oneself / Robert Aickman -- Belsen Express / Fritz Leiber -- Yours truly, Jack the Ripper / Robert Bloch -- If Damon comes / Charles L. Grant -- Vandy, Vandy / Manly Wade Wellman -- pt. 2. The Medusa in the shield. The swords / Robert Aickman -- The roaches / Thomas M. Disch -- Bright segment / Theodore Sturgeon -- Dread / Clive Barker -- The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- The monkey / Stephen King -- Within the walls of Tyre / Michael Bishop -- The rats in the walls / H.P. Lovecraft -- Schalken the painter / J. Sheridan Le Fanu -- The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- How love came to Professor Guildea / Robert Hichens -- Born of man and woman / Richard Matheson -- My dear Emily / Joanna Russ -- You can go now / Dennis Etchison -- The rocking-horse winner / D.H.
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  • Horror tales
  • American Horror tales
  • English Horror tales
  • Horror
  • Inquests
  • Coroners
  • Mountain lions

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Who wrote The Dark Descent?

The Dark Descent was written by David G. Hartwell, Stephen King and John Collier and first published in 1987.

What genre is The Dark Descent?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is The Dark Descent?

The median edition has 751 pages, about 13–14 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Dark Descent?

Readers who like it often enjoy Classic Horror Stories, Short Stories and Ghost and horror stories of Ambrose Bierce [24 stories].

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