Stalking the Nightmare is a 1982

1982 in literature

The year 1982 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*La Bicyclette Bleue by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.-New books:...

 collection of short stories

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 and nonfiction pieces by Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison

Harlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media...

. The short stories are interspersed with "Scenes from the Real World" sections, which are essays on a variety of topics. Although most of the stories had not previously appeared in any of Ellison's books, four of them were taken from his out of print 1970 collection Over the Edge. The story "Djinn, No Chaser" was later adapted by Haskell Barkin into an episode of the 1980s television series Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot...

with the same title.

Contents

• Foreword by Stephen King
  Stephen King
  Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
  
  
• Introduction: Quiet Lies the Locust Tells
• Grail
• The Outpost Undiscovered By Tourists
• Blank...
• Scenes From the Real World: I - The 3 Most Important Things In Life
• Visionary (written with Joe L. Hensley)
• Djinn, No Chaser
• Invasion Footnote
• Scenes From the Real World: II - Saturn, November 11th
• Night of Black Glass
• Final Trophy
• !!!The!!Teddy!Crazy!!Show!!!
• The Cheese Stands Alone
• Scenes From The Real World: III - Somehow, I Don't Think We're In Kansas, Toto
• Transcending Destiny
• The Hour That Stretches
• The Day I Died
• 3 Tales From the Mountains of Madness: Tracking Level, Tiny Ally, The Goddess In The Ice
• Scenes From The Real World: IV - Gopher In the Gilly