Great Tales of Terror ed. S. T. Joshi (Dover, 2002, 0-486-41938-X, $12.95, 298pp, tp, an, cover by Theodore Kittelson)
Anthology of 23 horror stories. Authors include Lord Dunsany, E. Nesbit, and Walter de la Mare.
- v · Introduction · S. T. Joshi · in
- · I. The Terror of Revenants
- 3 · The Haunted Dragoon · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1891, as by Q
- 16 · The Graven Image · William Sharp · ss The Gypsy Christ and Other Tales by William Sharp, Stone & Kimball, 1895
- 26 · The Return of the Soul · Robert Hichens · nv The Pall Mall Magazine August 1895, as “A Re-incarnation”
- 74 · Of a Promise Broken · Lafcadio Hearn · ss A Japanese Miscellany by Lafcadio Hearn, Little, Brown, 1901
- 81 · The Promise · Walter de la Mare · ss The English Review January 1919
- · II. The Terror of Haunted Places
- 91 · The Ghosts of Austerlitz · William Waldorf Astor · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1893
- 102 · The Coach · Violet Hunt · ss The English Review March 1909
- 120 · Night School · James Hopper · ss The Century Magazine March 1914
- · III. The Terror of Weird Creatures
- 131 · The Mummy’s Foot · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · ss New Orleans Item June 16 1878 (+1)
translated from the French (“Le Pied de Momie”, Musée de Familles, September 1840).
- 144 · The Discomfited Demon · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter May 7 1870
- 146 · The Tortoise · W. F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales by William Fryer Harvey, J.M. Dent, 1910
- · IV. The Terror of the Superhuman
- 157 · Borrhomeo the Astrologer · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine January 1862, uncredited.
- 170 · The Diary of a God · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901
- 178 · The Three Drugs · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine February 1908, as “The Third Drug” by E. Bland
- 198 · The Window of Horrors · H. L. Mencken · ss The Smart Set September 1917, as by William Drayham
- 216 · The Man Who Lost His Head · Thomas Burke · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1935
- · V. The Terror of Fantasy
- 229 · The Queen of the Bees · Erckmann-Chatrian · ss The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Mm. Erckmann-Chatrian, Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1876
translated from the French (“La reine des abeilles”, La Revue européenne, November 1, 1861).
- 241 · The Caves of Death · Gertrude Atherton · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886
- 250 · The Soldiers’ Rest · Arthur Machen · ss The (London) Evening News October 20 1914
- · VI. The Terror of the Cosmic
- 257 · Romance · Lord Dunsany · ss Saturday Review (UK) May 29 1909
- 261 · The Man Who Found Out · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Lady’s Realm June 1909
- 278 · A Negligable Experiment · J. D. Beresford · ss Signs and Wonders by J. D. Beresford, Putnam, 1921
- 284 · The Root-Gatherers · R. H. Barlow · ss Polaris March 1940
- 291 · Notes on the Authors · [uncredited] · bg
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