Frank Cottrell Boyce

Ramsey Campbell

Hanif Kureishi

Paul Cornell

Jeremy Dyson

Nicholas Royle

Paul Magrs

Chaz Brenchley

Conrad Williams

Robert Shearman

Christine Poulson

Maria Roberts

Emma Unsworth

Mathew Holness

Lavinia Murray

Where does fear lurk in 21st century life? In a technological age hard-wired to keep information flowing and the unknown at bay, what irrationalities still linger for horror writers to tap into? This anthology - the first in a new series from Comma - offers 15 very different responses to the question. From ancient curses kept alive in internet chat-rooms to malevolent children's TV characters acquiring lives of their own, Phobic shines a torch into the unlit areas of the modern subconscious and suggests the more we know, the more we realise how worried we really should be.

Modern Horror Stories

Phobic

Paul Morley

Anthony Wilson

Gwendoline Riley

David Constantine

Shelagh Delaney

Clare Pollard

Michael Bracewell

Gerard Woodward

Tariq Mehmood

Michael Symmons Roberts

Amanda Dalton

Tony Sides

Wayne Clews

Jeanie O'Hare

An Anthology

Comma

Emma Unsworth

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