Horrible Beginnings

by Steven H. Silver, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Bloch, Henry Kuttner, Ramsey Campbell, Frederik Pohl, Tanith Lee, Edward Bryant, F. Paul Wilson, Thomas F. Monteleone, Neil Gaiman, Yvonne Navarro, Kim Newman, Poppy Z. Brite, Gary A. Braunbeck, Rick Hautala, Elizabeth Hand, Kathe Koja, P. N. Elrod, Matthew Costello