The Perry family's new house is perfect--except for the weird behavior of the neighbors, and that odd smell coming from a dark corner in the basement. It's a pity no one warned the family about the house. Now it's too late. Because the darkness at the bottom of the basement stairs is rising. Original.

BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL STANDS ONLY ONE THING...

THE HOUSE

Five strangers are about to discover that they share a dark bond. A haunted childhood. A shocking secret. A memory of the houses they lived in -- each one eerily identical to the next.

From the remote foothills of the west to the green lawns of sunny suburbia, they are returning -- to the past, to the unspeakable events they long to forget...to the house.

And their journeys are about to converge, in one terrifying challenge to confront their nightmares -- or be trapped inside them forever....

Spanning over twenty years, 20 masters and modern authors that have broken down the barriers of traditional horror share their most unrestrained, edgiest works in this special edition from Comet Press. Many hard to find and out of print, some that were banned, Necro Files is a collection that covers every imaginable mode of mayhem and delves into the dark side of human nature. TABLE OF CONTENTS: George R.R. Martin - "Meathouse Man" Joe R. Lansdale - "Night They Missed the Horror Show" Ronald Kelly - "Diary" Elizabeth Massie - "Abed" Randy Chandler & t. Winter-Damon - "I am He that Liveth and was Dead ... & Have the Keys of Hell & Death" Edward Lee - "Xipe" Ray Garton - "Bait" Gerard Houarner - "Painfreak" Wayne Allen Sallee - "Lover Doll" Charlee Jacob - "The Spirit Wolves" Brian Hodge - "Godflesh" John Everson - "Every Last Drop" Mehitobel Wilson - "Blind in the House of the Headsman" Monica J. O'Rourke - "An Experiment in Human Nature" Graham Masterton - "The Burgers of Calais" Nancy Kilpatrick - "Ecstasy" Bentley Little - "Pop Star in the Ugly Bar" Wrath James White - "The Sooner They Learn" J.F. Gonzalez - "Addict"

Steve Nye's quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a call from his mother. His father attacked her and has been committed to an asylum. The doctor says he's suffering from dementia. But Steve's father seems so calm, clear-eyed, and lucid when he whispers, ?I killed her?. Is it simply symptom of his father's delusion and madness?
If only Steve were so lucky?

Something strange is happening at Tyler High. The laid-back principal has become unusually strict. The janitors no longer work nights because of what they hear. The students are frightened by what they see. And things are happening on school grounds that defy rational explanation. But there is an explanation. It's just nothing that anyone can begin to believe--or hope to survive.

In Beverly Hills a businessman slaughters his entire family and leaves behind a video of the massacre and a cryptic message: "this is where it begins." Sure enough, it is only the beginning. Children everywhere are either being killed or are disappearing. Social worker Carrie Daniels wants to know why. God help her when she finds out.