I read this book as a pre-teen/young teen in the mid 90's. My dad brought home from a thrift store, so I don't know how old the book was when I got a hold of it. It is a fairly small book, only 100ish pages. I don't remember many of the stories because they really scared me at that young age; but here are the details of the ones I do remember (spoilers I guess):A story of a young man who's father tells him on his 21st(18th?) birthday that their family are cannibals, and that his mom never left them, his father killed and ate her. The father reveals that the roast they just finished eating was the last piece of the mother, kept just for this meal. The son then kills and butchers his father, then reports him missing to the police; eventually having one of the officers over and secretly serving some of his father for supper.A story of a werewolf and a girl who loves him and wants to be a werewolf too, so she can be with him. When he bites her to turn her, he goes into a bloodlust and murders her instead.A story of a man whose girlfriend tells him that if he kills her in a specific ritualistic way, she will come back to life. The rest of the story is a rather graphic description of the way he kills her and cuts her body with a razor blade. She doesn't come back to life, and then he goes to buy more razor blades. (end of story, but presumably he goes on to be a serial killer)note: also posted to Reddit/r/whatsthatbook
Roger Elwood's family of fictional horrors featuring stories about a Sadist, Ghoul, Cannibal, Psycho, Werewolf, Vampire and many more!Features stories from Brian Lumley, Steve Barnes, Luc Scott, K.M O'Donnell, Joseph Payne Brennan, Barry N. Malzberg, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas N. Scottia and Chelsea Quinn Yarbo, Robin Schaeffer, W.T. Webb, Basil Copper, and Barry N. Malzberg! Roger Elwood's family of fictional horrors featuring stories about a Sadist, Ghoul, Cannibal, Psycho, Werewolf, Vampire and many more!Features stories from Brian Lumley, Steve Barnes, Luc Scott, K.M O'Donnell, Joseph Payne Brennan, Barry N. Malzberg, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas N. Scottia and Chelsea Quinn Yarbo, Robin Schaeffer, W.T. Webb, Basil Copper, and Barry N. Malzberg! ...more