Overview
From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind.A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . .
An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . .
During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . .
Includes the following stories:
“The River Styx Runs Upstream”
“Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams”
“Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell”
“Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle”
“Remembering Siri”
“Metastasis”
“The Offering”
“E-Ticket to 'Namland”
“Iverson's Pits”
“Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites”
“The Death of the Centaur”
“Two Minutes and Forty-Five Seconds”
“Carrion Comfort”
The book, Prayers to Broken Stones: Stories [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780553762525 in Paperback by Dan Simmons may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10/07/1997
ISBN-10:
0553762524
ISBN-13:
9780553762525
Pages:
428
Publisher:
Random House Worlds
