How long does it take to read Darkness?
Ellen Datlow, Clive Barker, Edward Bryant, Thomas Ligotti, George R. R. Martin, Peter Straub, Dan Simmons, Pat Cadigan, Joe R. Lansdale, Kathe Koja, Stephen King, Lucius Shepard, Poppy Z. Brite, Elizabeth Hand, Dennis Etchison, Michael Marshall, David J. Schow, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Gene Wolfe, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ramsey Campbell, Terry Dowling, Glen Hirshberg, Joe Hill
Darkness by Ellen Datlow, Clive Barker, Edward Bryant, Thomas Ligotti, George R. R. Martin, Peter Straub, Dan Simmons, Pat Cadigan, Joe R. Lansdale, Kathe Koja, Stephen King, Lucius Shepard, Poppy Z. Brite, Elizabeth Hand, Dennis Etchison, Michael Marshall, David J. Schow, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Gene Wolfe, Steve Rasnic Tem, Ramsey Campbell, Terry Dowling, Glen Hirshberg, Joe Hill takes about 8 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 37 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2010. 470 pages, about 129,250 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Compiling the finest in frightening tales, this unique anthology offers a diverse selection of horror culled from the last 25 years. Hand selected from cutting-edge authors, each work blends subtle psychology and mischievousness with disturbingly visceral imagery. In the classic “Chattery Teeth,” Stephen King provides a tautly drawn account of a traveling salesman who unwisely picks up yet another hitchhiker, while in Peter Straub’s eerie “The Juniper Tree,” a man whose nostalgia for the movies of his childhood leads to his stolen innocence. Renowned fantasy author George R. R. Martin weaves a sinister yarn about a young woman encountering a neighbor who is overly enamored with her in “The Pear-Shaped Man.” Combining acclaimed masters of the macabre, such as Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, and Thomas Ligotti, with bold new talents to the genre, including Kelly Link, Neil Gaiman, and Stephen King’s son, Joe Hill, this distinctive collection of stories will delight and terrify.
Subjects: Fiction, Horror, English Horror tales, American Horror tales, short stories, convenience stores
