Block, Lawrence (ed) - At Home in the Dark / Блок, Лоренс (ред) - Дома во тьме [2019, epub, ENG]

Foreword: It's Getting Dark in Here by Lawrence Block Hot Pants by Elaine Kagan The Eve of Infamy by Jim Fusilli Night Rounds by James Reasoner The Flagellant by Joyce Carol Oates The Things I'd Do by Ed Park Favored to Death by N. J. Ayres Rough Mix by Warren Moore This Strange Bargain by Laura Benedict The Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team by Joe R. Lansdale If Only You Would Leave Me by Nancy Pickard Giant's Despair by Duane Swierczynski Whistling in the Dark by Richard Chizmar O, Swear Not By the Moon by Jill D. Block Nightbound by Wallace Stroby The Cucuzza Curse by Thomas Pluck Cold Comfort by Hilary Davidson Faun / Фавн by Joe Hill

The bus ride can be all right, if everyone talks and cuts up, sings the school fight song, and keeps a positive attitude. It keeps your mind off what’s to come. Oh, you don’t want to not think about it at all, or you won’t be ready, you won’t have your grit built up. You need that, but you can’t think about it all the time, or you start to worry too much. You got to believe all the training and team preparation will carry you through, even if sometimes it doesn’t. I started in Junior High, so I’m an old pro now. This is my last year on the team, and my last event, and if I’m careful, and maybe a little lucky, I’ll graduate and move on. It’s all about the survivors. ...