# Dark Forces

**Author(s):** Richard Christian Matheson, Gene Wolfe, Davis Grubb, Robert Aickman, Grahan Wilson, Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Haldeman, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, T. E. D. Klein, Theodore Sturgeon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Clifford D. Simak, Dennis Etchison, Kirby McCauley, Russell Kirk, Ray Bradbury, Charles L. Grant, Richard Matheson, Edward Bryant, Karl Edward Wagner, Manly Wade Wellman, Edward Gorey, Robert Bloch, Stephen King
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
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**Genres:** paranormal
**Pages:** 544
**Publisher:** Signet
**Published:** Tue Jan 01 1980 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780451162212
**ISBN-10:** 0708819796
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/dark-forces

## Description

Contains:
The Late Shift by Dennis Etchison
The Enemy by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Dark Angel by Edward Bryant
The Crest of Thirty-six by Davis Grubb
Mark Ingestre: The Customer’s Tale by Robert Aickman
Where the Summer Ends by Karl Edward Wagner
The Bingo Master by Joyce Carol Oates
Children of the Kingdom by T. E. D. Klein
The Detective of Dreams by Gene Wolfe
Vengeance Is. By Theodore Sturgeon
The Brood by Ramsey Campbell
The Whistling Well by Clifford D. Simak
The Peculiar Demesne by Russell Kirk
Where the Stones Grow by Lisa Tuttle
The Night Before Christmas by Robert Bloch
The Stupid Joke by Edward Gorey
A Touch of Petulance by Ray Bradbury
Lindsay and the Red City Blues by Joe Haldeman
A Garden of Blackred Roses by Charles L. Grant
Owls Hoot in the Daytime by Manly Wade Wellman
Where There’s a Will by Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson
Traps by Gahan Wilson
[The Mist](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149144W/The_Mist) by Stephen King

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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**Themes:** Revenge, Crime Investigation