Prime Evil
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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.