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Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane

John Skipp

First published 2012
Publisher Black Dog & Leventhal
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Red Herring Design
Pages vi+608
Price $18.95
ISBN 9781579129149

  • First edition per the letter line (h—a) that is found on this page's copyright page.
  • Date of publication from Amazon.com. as of 2013-05-05, this book is no longer listed on the publisher's website.
  • Most entries go as so: Illustration, story introduction, then story, which can start two pages after the page which is listed for that story on the contents page.
  • The Albert Fish letter is the only piece that is not illustrated.
  • No Canadian price listed. C$22.50 in Canada according to Amazon.ca as of 2013-05-30.
  • £19.95 in the United Kingdom. Price listed on the back of the book.
  • Kindle price $9.99. Kindle ISBN: 1579129145. Information from Amazon.com as of 2013-05-30.

Year Reviewer Publication
2013 Brian Sammons Cemetery Dance, #69, 2013

Searching by ISBN: 9781579129149

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Our Brain: The Monster of Choice, When There's No One Else Left to Blame: A Cheerful Introduction John Skipp Essay
9 Classical Scenes of Farewell Jim Shepard Short Fiction
33 Hop-Frog Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
45 Marmalade Wine Joan Aiken Short Story
55 The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell Novelette
77 The Small Assassin Ray Bradbury Short Story
97 Lucy Comes to Stay Robert Bloch Short Story
105 Marla's Eyes Ed Kurtz Short Fiction
131 The Liar Laura Lee Bahr Short Fiction
151 The Paperhanger William Gay Short Fiction
181 The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard Jack Ketchum Short Story
195 Incident on and Off a Mountain Road Joe R. Lansdale Novelette
217 Murder for Beginners Mercedes M. Yardley Short Fiction
223 Jesse Steve Rasnic Tem Short Story
237 In for a Penny Lawrence Block Short Fiction
245 Now Hold Still David J. Schow Short Story
253 Feminine Endings Neil Gaiman Short Story
261 Going Solo Leah Mann Short Fiction
271 Death-in-Life Love Song Kevin L. Donihe Short Fiction
275 Ralph and Jerry Leslianne Wilder Short Fiction
283 And What Did You See in the World? Norman Partridge Short Story
297 Life with Father Bentley Little Short Story
307 The Shallow End of the Pool Adam-Troy Castro Novella
355 Mommy Picks Me Up at Day Care John Gorumba Short Fiction
367 When the Zoos Close Down, They'll Come for Us Violet LaVoit Short Fiction
377 All Through the House Christopher Coake Short Fiction
421 Intruder John Boden Short Story
427 Straycation Scott Bradley & Peter Giglio Short Fiction
435 Life Coach Cody Goodfellow Short Fiction
455 Righteous Weston Ochse Short Story
469 The Meaning of Life Amelia Beamer Short Fiction
479 Damaged Goods Elizabeth Massie Short Story
491 Willow Tests Well Nick Mamatas Short Story
503 Serenity Now Simon McCaffery Short Fiction
511 The Mannerly Man Mehitobel Wilson Short Story
529 Sensible Violence Brian Hodge Novelette
549 Bucky Goes to Church Robert Devereaux Novelette
565 At Eventide Kathe Koja Short Story
575 Psychos and You!: A Modestly Informative Afterword John Skipp Essay
579 Appendix A: A Devil in My View: Psychos in Popular Culture Cody Goodfellow Essay
600 Appendix B: The Albert Fish Letter Albert Fish Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane Cover 2012 Black Dog & Leventhal eBook Anthology