(Probably Found) please help me find this book

[r4nd0m_h3r0]

13 great writings from 13 great authors. Had 13 in a blood dripping font on the front, and had Stephen King, Agatha Christie in it and was wondering if people know what book im talking about

 

[CassFrank]

Alright, this will likely not be answered sufficiently but here’s my guess: Thirteen edited by T. Pines (1991). It’s got the exact title, thirteen horror stories and blood drop font. But the authors don’t match - so is OP misremembering or is there an elusive title being missed?

Publication: Thirteen

www.isfdb.org

 

[Bick]

Given the OP asked about it 15 years ago, it probably doesn’t really matter

 

[Danny McG]

Given the OP asked about it 15 years ago, it probably doesn’t really matter

It's still nice to clear up these old questions, if ever anyone does a search for that book then there's a likely answer waiting here for them

 

[Ravensquawk]

Given the OP asked about it 15 years ago, it probably doesn’t really matter

I gave a detailed answer on a forum's question "I'm dying to find this book" asked in 2015.

Someone with too much idle time and not enough to do said something like what are the chances they'll find this answer, if they were dying to find this book they're probably dead now, blah blah.

The answer's out there for any alive people wanting to find that answer. (Sometimes I'm one of them!)

I've found stories I've been looking for for maybe 20 years.

And it was only 2015! We've got some unofficial "records" in comments here on some questions going back to 2005.

And a few on yet another forum I was able to answer, from about 2015 to 2018, the questioners did still see the answer. I was hoping they would, knowing how good the story was, how much I liked it as a favorite, how much they wanted to find it, how long it took me to find some stories, etc.

Sometimes they even mark it "Found", ha. Someone who asked a question in 2014 on two different forums that I answered recently said "That's it!!!" but either couldn't, or didn't, mark it as "Found" on either forum.

 

[CrazyKB]

I gave a detailed answer on a forum's question "I'm dying to find this book" asked in 2015.

Someone with too much idle time and not enough to do said something like what are the chances they'll find this answer, if they were dying to find this book they're probably dead now, blah blah.

The answer's out there for any alive people wanting to find that answer. (Sometimes I'm one of them!)

I've found stories I've been looking for for maybe 20 years.

And it was only 2015! We've got some unofficial "records" in comments here on some questions going back to 2005.

And a few on yet another forum I was able to answer, from about 2015 to 2018, the questioners did still see the answer. I was hoping they would, knowing how good the story was, how much I liked it as a favorite, how much they wanted to find it, how long it took me to find some stories, etc.

Sometimes they even mark it "Found", ha. Someone who asked a question in 2014 on two different forums that I answered recently said "That's it!!!" but either couldn't, or didn't, mark it as "Found" on either forum.

The OP hasn't been on this forum since 2008 and was only on here twice (according to their profile).

 

[Cat's Cradle]

But I don't think that's always the point... the hope that someone 15 years gone will return (though it does, rarely, happen).

I'd bet almost every person who frequents the Book Search forum has purchased one or more of the found books, because they'd never heard of it and wanted to read it now (I have)... or they'd forgotten they'd read it and want to re-experience that long-ago read. And also, I think we have a kind of informal quest amongst some of our Searchers to close out every unanswered thread.

I love reading through the threads, and seeing how the quest is going. Bravo, Searchers, Bravo!