Shadows Ten

Charles L. Grant. Doubleday Books, $12.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-385-23893-9

The latest in this acclaimed series of anthologies of original horror stories maintains the quality standards set by its predecessors. Among the best work here: Lisa Tuttle's story of the maternal instinct gone awry, ""Jamie's Grave''; Bob Leman's account of an unusually benign haunted house, ``Come Where My Loves Lies Dreaming''; Ken Wisman's unexpectedly gruesome ``The Finder-Keeper''; Douglas Winter's tale of a lawyer whose workaholic habits get out of control, ``Office Hours''; Thomas Sullivan's story of highway driving turned nightmare, ``The Fence''; and Wendy Webb's eerie account of a day in the life of a public executioner, ``Law of Averages.'' (October 23)

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