Great Tales of Terror & the Supernatural ed. Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser (Random House, 1944, $2.95, xix+1080pp, hc, an)
One of the basic library volumes, and an inspiration to a new generation of readers/writers. British edition from Hammond & Hammond, 1947. Note paperback abridged edition, Omnibook, 1944.
- xi · Introduction · Herbert A. Wise & Phyllis Fraser · in
- xix · Introduction to the Notes · [uncredited] · ms
- 3 · La Grande Bretèche · Honoré de Balzac · ss Shorter Stories from Balzac by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, 1890, as “An Accursed House”
translated from the French (“La Grande Bretèche”, Contes Brun, 1831).
- 24 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843
- 34 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845
- 44 · A Terribly Strange Bed · Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited.
- 57 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 12 1891
- 62 · The Three Strangers · Thomas Hardy · nv Longman’s Magazine March 1883
- 85 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925
- 99 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895
- 116 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement December 6 1896
- 127 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910
- 133 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931
- 136 · Silent Snow, Secret Snow · Conrad Aiken · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1932
- 155 · Suspicion · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Mystery League October 1933
- 172 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924
- 188 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).
- 212 · The Gentleman from America · Michael Arlen · ss The Tatler Christmas 1924
- 231 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930
- 242 · The Killers [Nick Adams] · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1927
- 253 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss The New Yorker October 7 1939
- 259 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar by Geoffrey Household, Chatto, 1938
- 283 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version.
- 324 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine”
- 356 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited.; given as by Charles Collins & Charles Dickens.
- 368 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited.
- 403 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 417 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black & White November 25 1891
- 447 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).
- 473 · Was It a Dream? · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“La morte”, Gil Blas, May 31, 1887).
- 478 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1)
- 509 · The Furnished Room · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World August 14 1904
- 516 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911
- 539 · “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
- 560 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910
- 592 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902
- 604 · 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.
- 660 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved”
- 708 · The Return of Imray [E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap by Rudyard Kipling, Macmillan, 1891, as “The Recrudescence of Imray”
- 721 · “They” · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904
- 745 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925
- 760 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912
- 769 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922
- 785 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1908
- 835 · Confession · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Century Magazine March 1921
- 854 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911
- 858 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Secker, 1911
- 928 · Out of the Deep · Walter de la Mare · nv The Riddle and Other Stories by Walter de la Mare, Selwyn & Blount, 1923
- 958 · Adam and Eve and Pinch Me · A. E. Coppard · ss Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by A. E. Coppard, Golden Cockerel Press, 1921
- 970 · The Celestial Omnibus · E. M. Forster · nv Albany Review January 1908
- 987 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Magazine April 1912
- 998 · The Sailor-Boy’s Tale · Karen Blixen · ss Winter’s Tales by Isak Dinesen, Putnam, 1942, as by Isak Dinesen
- 1010 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924
- 1031 · The Dunwich Horror [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales April 1929
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