Night Visions IV

From Publishers Weekly This excellent anthology series showcases the work of three talents in each volume, and this time contains material by a trio of highly regarded fantasy and horror writers. Edward Bryant, who is represented by six stories, has contributed some of his best short work, including a marvelous account of the manager of a nuclear power plant, a man who was also on the Nagasaki bombing run in 1945, haunted by ghosts of the past and possibly the future. Dean R. Koontz has three stories here, including a well-done if overly sentimental tale of a young woman who overcomes a malign alien through will power and love, "Miss Attila the Hun." And Robert R. McCammon's three entries include "The Deep End," about a monster that lives at the bottom of a public swimming pool, and "Best Friends," a knockout of a novelette, grisly and horrific, about a psychotic adolescent and the three demons who have obligingly torn his family into little pieces. Horror fans should find this collection well worth looking into. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.