Nightmares and Geezenstacks is a short story collection consisting of 47 horror, science fiction and crime stories by American writer Fredric Brown. It was first published in 1961 by Bantam Books and most recently republished by Valancourt Books.
Contents Nasty Abominable Rebound [“The Power”] Nightmare in Gray Nightmare in Green Nightmare in White Nightmare in Blue Nightmare in Yellow Nightmare in Red Unfortunately Granny’s Birthday Cat Burglar The House Second Chance Great Lost Discoveries I - Invisibility Great Lost Discoveries II - Invulnerability Great Lost Discoveries III - Immortality Dead Letter [“The Letter”] Recessional Hobbyist The Ring of Hans Carvel Vengeance Fleet [“Vengeance, Unlimited”] Rope Trick Fatal Error [“The Perfect Crime”] The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver I The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver II The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver III Expedition Bright Beard Jaycee Contact [“Earthmen Bearing Gifts”] Horse Race Death on the Mountain Bear Possibility Not Yet the End Fish Story Three Little Owls (A Fable) Runaround [“Starvation”] Murder in Ten Easy Lessons [“Ten Tickets to Hades”] Dark Interlude · Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds Entity Trap [“From These Ashes”] The Little Lamb Me and Flapjack and the Martians The Joke [“If Looks Could Kill”] Cartoonist [“Garrigan’s Bems”] The Geezenstacks The End [“Nightmare in Time”]
Adaptations In 1986, Nancy Doyne adapted The Geezenstacks into a teleplay for the series Tales from the Darkside.
External links
The Geezenstacks at the IMDb Nightmares and Geezenstacks page listing at Valancourt Books