Джо Флетчер Лунное сияние

Джо Флетчер (Jo Fletcher) — писательница, также работает рецензентом и редактором-консультантом в различных британских издательствах. Ведет постоянную колонку в изданиях "Science Fiction Chronicle" и "The British Fantasy Newsletter". Вместе со Стивеном Джонсом участвовала в выпуске антологии "Газовый свет и привидения" (Gaslight and Ghosts), публиковалась в составе антологии "Теперь мы больны" (Now We Are Sick). Ее эссе были опубликованы в сборниках "Власть страха" (Reign of Fear), "Пир страха" (Feast of Fear), "Джеймс Герберт: преследуемые ужасом" (James Herbert: By Horror Haunted) и "Величайшие тайны мира" (The World's Greatest Mysteries).

Слышишь, дети ночи поют?

Им неведом покой и уют,

Жажда крови во тьму их зовет,

На охоту, вперед.

Свет мучительно яркой луны —

И они, жаждой крови полны,

К небесам обращают свой вой

С задранной головой.

Полнолунье проклятье таит,

Свет луны, восходящей в зенит,

Заставляет их облик менять

И в ночи убивать.

Тише тени во тьме проскользнут,

Только желтым глаза их сверкнут,

Быстро жертву настигнет в ночи

Смерть — кричи не кричи.

На рассвете, роняя с клыков

Клочья пены и кровь, из волков

Превратятся обратно в людей,

Разбегутся скорей,

Чтобы ночи ждать, трепеща,

Под покровом ее плаща

Вновь являть собой страшные сны

В ярком свете луны.

"Introduction: Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart…" copyright © 1994 by Stephen Jones.

"Twilight at the Towers" copyright © 1985 by Clive Barker. Originally published in Books of Blood Volume 6. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"The Dream of the Wolf" copyright © 1984 by Scott Bradfield. Originally published in Interzone 10, Winter 1984/85. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"Night Beat" copyright © 1973 by Ramsey Campbell. Originally published in The Haunt of Honor, No. 1, June 1973. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"The Werewolf" copyright © 1975 by R. Chetwynd-Hayes. Originally published in The 4th Armada Monster Book (as by Angus Campbell). Reprinted by permission of the author.

"Rain Falls" copyright © 1994 by Michael Marshall Smith.

"Guilty Party" copyright © 1988 by Stephen Laws. Originally published in Fear No. 2, September-October 1988. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"Essence of the Beast" copyright © 1994 by Roberta Lannes.

"Immortal" copyright © 1994 by Mark Morris.

"Cry Wolf" copyright © 1974 by Basil Copper. Originally published in Vampires, Werewolves & Others. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"Rug" copyright © 1994 by Graham Masterton.

"The Whisperers" copyright © 1994 by Hugh B. Cave. Originally published in slightly different form in Spicy Mystery Stories, April 1942. Copyright © 1977 by Carcosa. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent.

"And I Shall Go in the Devil's Name" copyright © 1994 by David Sutton.

"The Foxes of Fascoum" copyright © 1994 by Peter Tremayne.

"One Paris Night" copyright © 1992 by Karl Edward Wagner. Originally published in Graib: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"Soul of the Wolf" copyright © 1994 by Brian Mooney.

"The Hairy Ones Shall Dance" by Manly Wade Wellman copyright © 1938 by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company. Originally published in Weird Tales, January, February and March, 1938. Reprinted by permission of the author's executor, Karl Edward Wagner.

"Heart of the Beast" copyright © 1994 by Adrian Cole.

"Wereman" copyright © 1990 by Les Daniels. Originally published as "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" in Borderlands. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"Anything But Your Kind" copyright © 1994 by Nicholas Royle.

"The Nighthawk" copyright © 1982 by Dennis Etchison. Originally published in slightly different form in Shadows. Copyright © 1978 by Charles L Grant. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"The Cell" copyright © 1969 by David Case. Originally published in "The Cell (and Other Stories)". Reprinted by permission of the author.

"Boobs" copyright © 1989, 1990 by Suzy McKee Charnas. Originally published in slightly different form in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 7, July 1989. Reprinted by permission of the author.

"Out of the Night, When the Full Moon is Bright…" copyright © 1994 by Kim Newman.

"Bright of Moon" copyright © 1994 by Jo Fletcher.