Curses (anthology)


Curses is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of curses edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the eleventh volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in September 1989.
The book collects seventeen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

Contents

  • "Introduction: Malevolence"
  • "The Curse"
  • "Julia Cahill's Curse"
  • "The Red Swimmer"
  • "The Doom of the Griffiths"
  • "You Know Willie"
  • "Trouble with Water"
  • "Mad Monkton"
  • "Long Chromachy of the Crows"
  • "The Little Black Train"
  • "The Curse of the Catafalques"
  • "A Séance in Summer"
  • "Transformations"
  • "In Dark New England Days"
  • "The Messenger"
  • "Or the Grasses Grow"
  • "The Dollar"
  • "A Hunger in the Blood"