Prime Evil

Overview:

  • Title: Prime Evil
  • Author: Douglas E. Winter
  • Year: 1988
  • ISBN-10: 0453005721
  • Publisher: NAL Books / New American Library
  • Price: $18.95
  • Pages: 322
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Prime Evil
  • Notes:
    • "First Printing, June, 1988" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".
    • The title page has the subtitle "New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror
    • Publisher name as printed on title page is "NAL Books (over) New American Library"
    • "Published simultaneously in Canada by The New American Library of Canada Limited" Price in Canada: C$26.95
    • Complete Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data printed on the copyright page, including the ISBN and LCCN
    • "Designed by Julian Hamer" stated on the copyright page.
    • "Jacket design by Thomas Canty" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • "H572" (meaning unknown) printed on the back of the dustjacket.
    • Anthology is divided into five sections
      • In the Court of the Crimson King (includes stories by King, Hazel, and Etchison)
      • Turn to Earth (includes stories by Barker, Tessier, and Harrison)
      • Secrets (includes stories by Morrell and Straub)
      • Spinning Tales (includes stories by Grant, Ligotti, and Campbell)
      • By Reason of Darkness (includes stories by Strieber and Cady)
    • All stories are original to this anthology. Etchison's story appeared a month early in his collection The Blood Kiss.