Shadows was a series of horror anthologies edited by Charles L. Grant, published by Doubleday from 1978 to 1991. Grant, a proponent of "quiet horror", initiated the series in order to offer readers a showcase of this kind of fiction. The short stories appearing in the Shadows largely dispensed with traditional Gothic settings, and had very little physical violence. Instead, they featured slow accumulations of dread through subtle omens, mostly taking place in everyday settings. While Grant himself was very adept at this kind of fiction, he contributed no stories to the anthologies, writing only the introductions and author profiles. The first volume in the series won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. Anthology Contents Shadows (first volume) Published by Doubleday, 1978 "Naples" Avram Davidson (Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction) "The Little Voice" Ramsey Campbell "Butcher's Thumb" William Jon Watkins "Where All the Songs Are Sad" Thomas F. Monteleone "Splinters" R. A. Lafferty "Picture" Robert Bloch "The Nighthawk" Dennis Etchison "Dead Letters" Ramsey Campbell "A Certain Slant of Light" Raylyn Moore "Deathlove" Bill Pronzini "Mory" Michael Bishop "Where Spirits Gat Them Home" John Crowley "Nona" Stephen King Shadows 2 Published by Doubleday, November 1979 "Saturday's Shadow" William F. Nolan "Night Visions" Jack Dann "The Spring" Manly Wade Wellman "Valentine" Janet Fox "Mackintosh Willie" Ramsey Campbell "Dragon Sunday" Ruth Berman "The White King's Dream" Elizabeth A. Lynn "The Chair" Alan Dean Foster and Jane Cozart "Clocks" Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini "Holly, Don't Tell" Juleen Brantingham "The Old Man's Will" Lee Wells "The Closing Off of Old Doors" Peter D. Pautz "Dead End" Richard Christian Matheson "Seasons of Belief" Michael Bishop "Petey" T. E. D. Klein Shadows 3 Published by Doubleday, November 1980 "The Brown Recluse" Davis Grubb "To See You With, My Dear" Bruce Francis "Avenging Angel" Ray Russell "The Ghost Who Limped" R. Chetwynd-Hayes "Janey's Smile" Juleen Brantingham "Opening a Vein" Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini "The Partnership" William F. Nolan "Wish Hound" Pat Murphy "Ant" Peter D. Pautz "Tell Mommy What Happened" Alan Ryan "At the Bureau" Steve Rasnic Tem "Cabin 33" Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Count Saint-Germain series) Shadows 4 Published by Doubleday, 1981 "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" Stephen King "Yours, -Guy" Robert F. Young "The Belonging Kind" John Shirley and William Gibson "Calling Collect" Barry N. Malzberg and Arthur L. Samuels "Hearing is Believing" Ramsey Campbell