The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time ed. Leslie Pockell (Warner, September 2002, 0-446-67950-X, $13.95, viii+388pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 13 horror stories. Authors include M.R. James, H.G. Wells, and H.P. Lovecraft.
- xii · Introduction · Leslie Pockell · in
- 1 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 7 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.
- 42 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892
- 60 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald February 8 1891 (+3)
- 91 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, John Lane, 1894
a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890.
- 149 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914
written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
- 163 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 175 · Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 196 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904
- 222 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 275 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Secker, 1911
- 346 · The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928
- 379 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948
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