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"Strange Highways" copyright (c) 1995 by Dean R. Koontz
"The Black Pumpkin" copyright (c) 1986 by Nkui, Inc., originally appeared in Twilight Zone Magazine, December,
1986; reprinted by permission of Nkui, Inc.
"Miss Attila the Hun" copyright (c) 1987 by Nkui, Inc., originally appeared in Night Visions 4, published by Dark
Harvest, Arlington Heights, Illinois; reprinted by permission of Nkui, Inc.
"Down in the Darkness" copyright (c) 1986 by Nkui, Inc., originally appeared in The Horror Show, Summer 1986,
reprinted by permission of Nkui, Inc.
"Ollie's Hands" copyright (c) 1972 by Dean R. Koontz, originally appeared in Infinity Four, edited by Robert
Hoskins, published by Lancer Books; revised version copyright (c) 1995 by Dean R. Koontz.
"Snatcher" copyright (c) 1986 by Nkui, Inc ., originally appeared in Night Cry, Fall 1986; reprinted by permission of
Nkui, Inc.
"Trapped" copyright (c) 1989 by Nkui, Inc., originally appeared in Stalkers, edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H.
Greenberg , published by Dark Harvest, Arlington, Illinois, reprinted by permission of Nkui, Inc.
"Bruno" copyright (c) 1971 by Dean R. Koontz, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
April, 1971; revised version copyright (c) 1995 by Dean R. Koontz.

"We Three" copyright (c) 1974 by Dean R. Koontz, originally appeared in Final Stage, edited by Edward L. Ferman
and Barry N. Malzberg, published by Charterhouse, New York, New York; revised version copyright (c) 1995 by
Dean R. Koontz.

"Hardshell" copyright (c) 1987 by Nkui, Inc., originally appeared in Night Visions 4, published by Dark Harvest,
Arlington Heights, Illinois; reprinted by permission of Nkui, Inc.
"Kittens" copyright (c) 1966 by Dean R. Koontz, originally appeared in The Reflector, Shippensburg University,
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; revised version copyright (c) 1995 by Dean R. Koontz.

"The Night of the Storm" copyright (c) 1974 by Dean R. Koontz, originally appeared in Continuum 1, edited by
Roger Elwood, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, New York; revised version copyright (c) 1995 by Dean
R. Koontz.

"Twilight of the Dawn" copyright (c) 1987 by Nkui, Inc., originally appeared in Night Visions 4, published by Dark
Harvest, Arlington Heights, Illinois; reprinted by permission of Nkui, Inc.
"Chase" copyright (c) 1972 by K. R. Dwyer (a pseudonym for Dean R. Koontz), published by Random House, New
York, New York; revised version copyright (c) 1995 by Dean R. Koontz.
Copyright (c) 1995 by Dean Koontz

All rights reserved.
Warner Books, Inc., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
A Time Warner Company
Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: May 1995
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
Strange highways / Dean Koontz.
p. cm.
"A Brandon Tartikoff book."

ISBN 0-446-51974-X

1. Horror tales, American. I. Title.
PS35G1.O55S69 1995 94-49024
813'.54-dc20 CIP

Book design by Giorgetta Bell McRee

This book is dedicated
with much affection to
Jerry and Mary Ann Crowe.
After all these years
of being your friends,
Gerda and I have learned
that we have infinite patience.
Thanks for the friendship,
for all the laughs
you've given us
(some of them intentional),
for buying the house
built over the gate to Hell,
and for pointing out to me
every error I make.
Every tiny error.
Every teeny-tiny error.
Every minute error that
no one else, not even God,
would notice.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.

CONTENTS
STRANGE HIGHWAYS
1
THE BLACK PUMPKIN
155
MISS ATTILA THE HUN
174
DOWN IN THE DARKNESS
201
OLLIE'S HANDS
226
SNATCHER
243
TRAPPED
259
BRUNO
309
WE THREE
336
HARDSHELL
344
KITTENS
371
THE NIGHT OF THE STORM
377
TWILIGHT OF THE DAWN
400
CHASE
430
NOTES TO THE READER
552
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