The Best of Richard Matheson (Penguin Classics) is $2.99 at Amazon US. If you've never tried Matheson before, this is likely the book to get. Several of the stories here would already be familiar due to their being adapted in famous films or Twilight Zone episodes.
Prey - A Zuni fetish doll chases a woman around her apartment
Button, Button - A couple will be paid a large sum of cash for pressing a button in a box. Pressing the button will cause someone they do not know to die
Duel - A murderous semi chases a compact car through the desert
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet - There's a man on the wing of this plane!
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Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950, virtually every major writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy has fallen under his influence, including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and Joe Hill, as well as filmmakers like Stephen Spielberg and J.J. Abrams. Matheson revolutionized horror by taking it out of Gothic castles and strange cosmos and setting it in the darkened streets and suburbs we recognize as our own. He infused tales of the fantastic and supernormal with dark explorations of human nature, delving deep into the universal dread of feeling alone and threatened in a dangerous world. The Best of Richard Matheson brings together his greatest hits as chosen by Victor LaValle, an expert on horror fiction and one of its brightest talents, marking the first major overview of Matheson's legendary career.
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